View source for Milburn George Robert Pte 4444858

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Milburn George Robert
|Army number=4444858
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=British War Medal, Victory Medal.
|Date of birth=
|Age=46 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Private Milburn had WW1 service, firstly in the Durham Light Infantry as Number 19/295 and then in the 5th London Regiment as 45304 and finally in the 5th (City of London) Battalion, (London Rifle Brigade) as Number 307351 and is understood to have been wounded, though this has not yet been confirmed.  41st (Durham) National Defence Company
|Company/Battery=F Company.
|Task or role=Rifleman.
|Promotions=
|Wounded=Understood to have been wounded in World War One - yet to be confirmed.
|Prisoner of War=
|Died/Killed in action=Killed 29/8/1939 while on duty at Croxdale Bridge.
|Home address=8, Bradley Cottages, Leadgate.  Married to Mrs S Milburn (probably Susannah Forster - marriage in Lanchester in 1916).
}}

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission have confirmed that, because Private Milburn was killed before the official declaration of War, even though he was on duty, armed and in uniform, his death is not included on their database an a War casualty.  As far as is known, his grave does not have a CWGC headstone, though this is to be further investigated.  His funeral took place on Saturday 2nd September 1939 at Medomsley Church.  Newspaper reports of his Inquest and Funeral are set out below.


[[File:Pte_G_R_Milburn_Inquest.JPG|400px|left|Inquest Report]]


[[File:Inquest_comment.jpg|400px|centre|Coroner's comment]]


[[File:Pte_G_R_Milburn_funeral.JPG|400px|right|Report of Pte Milburn's Funeral]]