Fusilier Robert Mills (6975262) served in 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers during the Second World War. He was the son of Alexander Mills and Mary Mills of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, and the husband of Isabella Mills of Worthing, Sussex.
He died on 24th May 1940. At the time, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers made up part of the BEF rear-guard during the retreat to Dunkirk. The Battalion had come under heavy fire as they fell back from the River Dendre to the La Bassée Canal.
Robert Mills’ grave is in Grave 13 of Fleurbaix Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. His headstone bears the inscription:
He is faithful that promised.