Graham Mills

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Graham Mills
Born23 June 1917
Died1 January 1992 (aged 74)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1936−1970
RankMajor-General
Service number69270
UnitRoyal Berkshire Regiment
Commands held17th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
128th Infantry Brigade
West Midlands District
Battles/warsSecond World War
Aden Emergency
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General William Graham Stead Mills, CBE (23 June 1917 – 1 January 1992) was a British Army officer.

Military career[edit]

Educated at Merchiston Castle School, Mills was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 10 October 1936.[1] He served in India and Burma during the Second World War.[2] He became commanding officer of the 17th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (TA) at Gateshead in 1958, Commander of 128th Infantry Brigade in March 1963 and Brigadier on the general staff at Headquarters, Arabian Peninsula in 1965 during the Aden Emergency.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding (GOC) West Midlands District in April 1968 before retiring in October 1970.[3]

In retirement he was warden at the Le Court Cheshire Home near Liss in Hampshire.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 34330". The London Gazette. 9 October 1936. p. 6434.
  2. ^ a b c "Major-General William Graham Stead Mills CBE". Paradata. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC West Midlands District
1968–1970
Succeeded by