Herbert Cecil Mills was a centre three-quarter who had played for Oldham Parish Church before having trials with Oldham in September 1913. He then went on to play for the Oldham Rugby Union club before briefly assisting the Roughyeds during the war time period. He also featured in the successful team of the 2nd 10th Manchester Regiment.
Herbert was killed in action serving with the Manchesters at Passchendaele on October 7th 1917 aged 22. He is buried at the Menin Road South Cemetery and remembered on the Oldham War Memorial.
Full debut
Career
Heritage number
5111
Career statistics
1 appearance in friendlies and other non-competitive games, on 29 January 1916.
These games don't count towards career statistics, so there are no totals to show. The full list is below.
Player profile
Herbert Cecil Mills was a centre three-quarter who had played for Oldham Parish Church before having trials with Oldham in September 1913.
He then went on to play for the Oldham Rugby Union club before briefly assisting the Roughyeds during the war time period. He also featured in the successful team of the 2nd 10th Manchester Regiment.
Herbert was killed in action serving with the Manchesters at Passchendaele on October 7th 1917 aged 22.
He is buried at the Menin Road South Cemetery and remembered on the Oldham War Memorial.