Remembering the Fallen
He gave his today for our tomorrow.
Name: Millman
Forenames: Thomas George (G H is recorded on the War Memorial, see below*)
Birth: 1887 Chudleigh
Parents: Thomas & Maria
Abode in 1901: Chudleigh
Abode in 1911: New Exeter St, Chudleigh
Service Record: Missing
Residence given on Casualty List: Not Given
Wife: Edith Florence and 2 children.
Died:30th Sept 1918. Killed in Action in an attack on the German positions at Séranvillers. Marcoing and Masnières, south of Cambrai, France
Age: 32
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
CWGC Grave or Memorial: Masnieres British Cemetery, Marcoing. Plot. II. A. 10.
Remembered in Hennock Church Yard: No
Recorded on the Hennock War Memorial: Yes but incorrectly as G H.
CWGC Burial Record Found: Yes
Regiment: 1st/5btn Devon Regiment
Rank: Corporal
Service number: 240085 formerly 678 in the Territorials.
Medals: Victory, British, Territorial Force War Medal
Newspaper Report: A/Cpl Thomas George Millman (5th Devons) Regt no. 678 then 240085. Old Exter St. Chudleigh, enlisted in Newton Abbot. Member of the 1909 E Coy Templer Cup team. Went to India with 1/5th Devons. Witness in the George Cann drowning of 30th March 1915. Wounded twice in Palestine. Previously wounded in France. Then KIA at Masnieres age 32. Left a widow Edy and two sons Wilfred and Willie. Buried at Masnieres Cemetery, nr Marcoing.
* It is possible that the wrong name has been recorded on the War memorial. In the 1901 census there is a Millman family in Chudleigh with 2 sons Thomas age 14 & George age 11. There is no record of a George Henry being a War Casualty and he probably died 1953 in Okhampton. Thomas George is listed as a War Casualty. By 1924 when the War Memorial was errected the family may have moved away, but someone on the War Memorial Committee knew that a Millman was killed but no one could remember which brother, so they made a guess and chose the wrong one. It is more than likely that the memorial should be to T G Millman. A little more research is needed to establish the full facts.
If you can confirm who he is please let me know at Editor - Hennock Chronicle