Milne, John Vincent Percy | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Milne, J. V. P.

Forename(s):

John Vincent Percy

Surname:

Milne

Date of Death:

Monday, September 25, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 10th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

John was the son of James Percy, a Medical Practitioner, and Mary Jane Milne. He had four sisters, Gladys Muriel Mary, Ruby Agnes, Thelma Mary Ethel and Rita Latour Milne.

He was educated at St. Cuthbert's Grammar School, Newcastle, and the studied Electrical Engineering at Armstrong College.

John was killed in action on 25th September 1916 aged 20, in the Somme. He was fighting during the Battle of Morval phase which lasted from 25th September to 28th September 1916.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

John is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in Somme, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

North East War Memorials Project

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Holly Johnson, Rosie Setford, Amy Shiel