Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 35A GQS | |
| 3. Book: | De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour | Volume 1 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) |
1/18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles) August 1914 : at Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea. Part of 5th London Brigade, 2nd London Division. Moved on mobilisation to St Albans area. 10 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre. 11 May 1915 : formation became 141st Brigade in 47th (2nd London) Division. |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1915 (Second Ypres) |
22 April - 25 May 1915. On the 22nd April 1915 the Germans used poison gas at Ypres. This was the first 'official' use of gas and took the Allies by surprise. After initial success capitalising on the confusion and horror of this weapon, a heroic stand, initially by the Canadians and then supported by British and Indian Battalions, held the German advance. However it became clear that the Germans had achieved a tactical advantage and eventually the British were forced to retire to more a more defendable perimeter closer to Ypres. These positions were on the last ridges before Ypres and their loss would have resulted in the loss of the town and possibly open the Channel coast to German occupation with disastrous consequences for the re-supply of the BEF.
Detail :
De Ruvigny's MILLINGTON, HERBERT HUGH, Rifleman, No. 1881, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of the late Rev. William Millington, Rector of Cottingham, Northamptonshire, by his wife, Margaret (St. Margaret's, Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey), dau. of George Smith, Manufacturer; b. Wandsworth Common, 14 May, 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors' School, and Tucson Mining College, Arizona, U.S.A., and was a mining engineer and surveyor in America. Being in England on a holiday when war broke out, he joined the London Irish Rifles the next day; went to France in March, 1915, was wounded at Givenchy on 16 May, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and died on 17 May, 1915, of wounds; unm. Buried in the cemetery at Aire. A stained-glass window was erected to his memory in Cottingham Church."
Probate MILLINGTON, Herbert Hugh of 34 Brameson-street Middlesex rifleman died 17 May 1915 near Ypres Flanders Probate London 27 August to William Algernon Millington school proprietor. Effects £1051 1s. 3d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Gregory No. 2139 E.C. | Queensland |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
18th July 1909 | 18th October 1909 | 24th January 1909 |
Aged 39 in 1909, at the time of his initiation into Gregory Lodge No. 2139, Cairns, Queensland. He is employed as a Labourer and resident at Kamamunga. His line in the contribution record shows war service in 1915 and then closed out by "Killed in Action 1915."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley