Photo: James Pasby
1907261 Sapper
W.F. Milne
Royal Engineers
16th August 1945 Age 28
The tragic way
You had to die
We will always remember
And wonder why
Son of Robert and Isabella Milne, of Hebburn.
Newcastle Journal 17/08/1945 reports:-
Two soldiers Sappers W. Milne and M. Phillips, of the Royal Engineers, were killed yesterday when their lorry was hit by a train. The accident occurred at what is known as the Rifle Range crossing Fritton, near Great Yarmouth.
William Falcolner Milne is not remembered on a local War Memorial.
