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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Wittebergen (2646 Pte T. Davies. S. Stafford: Regt)

T. Davies served in the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. He died on 3 December 1900.

Listed on WO100/188p25.

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QSA (2) Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (5885 Pte. T. W. Mills. 1-S. Staff. R.);
1914-15 Star (17735 A. Sjt. T. W. Mills. N. Staff. R.);
British War and Victory Medals (17735 A. Sjt. W. Mills. N. Staff. R.);
IGS 1908 (1) Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (17735. A. Sjt. T. W. Mills. N. Staff. R.)

Thomas William Mills was born in Small Heath, Birmingham, in 1882 ands attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield on 17 March 1900, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th Militia Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January to 22 October 1902, and then in India fro, 23 October 1902 to 16 March 1908. He transferred to the Army Reserve in India on 16 March 1908, and was discharged in Lucknow on 16 March 1908, after 12 years’ service.

Following the outbreak of the Great War he re-enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in the Mesopotamian theatre of War from June 1915, and then with the 2n Battalion in India, and saw further service during the Third Afghan War.