Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.

Detail :

87176 Battery Serjeant Major C.H. Kilminster, Royal Field Artillery. Died 27/11/1919, formerly an Inspector for the N.S.P.C.C. residing at 98 John Heywood Street, Clayton, Lancashire,

He enlisted on the 25th August 1914, but was discharged as unfit for duty on the 18th February 1917. He was a recipient of the Silver War Badge, No 31414 issued on the 22nd February 1917.

He is buried in South Ealing Cemetery, London, Grave Reference H.M.21

Masonic :

he was Initiated into Ashbury Lodge No 1459 West Gorton Manchester, Province of Lancashire East on the 18th September 1902; Passed 16th October 1902 and was Raised on the 18th December 1902 resigning in September 1905. He was a Joining Member of Walker Lodge No 1342 Newcastle upon Tyne, Province of Northumberland (address 141 Strathmore Crescent) on the 11th April 1906 resigning on the 21st February 1911; Fitzalan Lodge No 1432 Oswestry, Province of Shropshire in September 1912.

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