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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no:
  • Rank: Cook
  • Service Occupation:
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  • Regiment/Service: Trawler Primrose
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at sea, 17 miles South West of Tod Head near Stonehaven.
  • Age at Death: 38
  • Date of Death: 05/02/1917
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1879
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: Ferry Road, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Jane Mill

  • Father:

    James  Mill

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Helen Mill (nee Duncan) of Ferry Road, Dundee

  • Children:

More about Walter Mill

Walter Mill was the son of Mr James and Mrs Jane Mill and the husband of Mrs Helen Mill (nee Duncan) of Ferry Road, Dundee. The steam trawler Primrose was registered in Dundee and was owned by Messrs Cameron & Macfarlane. She sank after striking a mine 17 miles South West of Tod Head near Stonehaven. The mine is thought to have been laid by the German submarine UC-29. All nine of the crew lived in Dundee and were lost in the sinking. Their names are on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.

Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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