We have not been able to identify the date on which Benjamin was wounded on Chocolate Hill before he died on the hospital ship. See below for more information about the circumstances.
The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
[After the main battles at Gallipoli].. the 9th Royal Warwickshire was withdrawn to reserve, on August 10, 1915 and it was temporarily commanded by Sergt.-Major Collicott. [Sergeant-Major Butler was in charge at the Dump]. On August 12 Major W. B. Gover of the Cheshires took over the command. A number of the missing men rejoined, some drafts arrived from Lemnos and England with fresh officers, and the strength of the battalion gradually increased. The rest of August was uneventful except for occasional service in the front trenches. On August 31 came a move to reserve trenches at Salt Lake near Suvla Bay. On September 19 the battalion, now over 500 strong, went up to trenches near Chocolate Hill, and for the next three months occupied the same piece of ground without the possibility of rest or change.
Newspaper Obituary
Stratford Herald - Friday December 10th 1915
AN ALCESTER SOLDIERS DEATH
The death is reported of Benjamin Mills, of Kings Coughton, who died on November 14th on board His Majesty's hospital ship Kildonan Castle. Deceased, who was a reservist, served in France in the early part of the war with the 3rd Royal Warwicks and was invalided home. Last September he was drafted to the Dardanelles and served with the 9th Battalion.
The cause of his death is at present unknown, but when sending a field postcard to his sister on November 7th he stated it that he was quite well. I memorial service for the deceased took place at Alcester parish church on Sunday evening, and afterwards a muffled peal was rung on the bells.
