William Mills

Military Person

1856 – 1932

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Who was William Mills?

Sir William Mills of Sunderland was the inventor of the Mills bomb which was developed and manufactured at his factory in Birmingham, England.

The Mills bomb was the hand grenade most widely used by British and Imperial forces during the First World War. He was knighted in 1922.

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Born
Apr 24, 1856
Sunderland
Died
1932
Weston-super-Mare

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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