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QSA (0) (H. F. Milne, Ord., H.M.S. Beagle.);
British War Medal (206906 H. F. Milne. Btn. R.N.);
Royal Victorian Medal, Ed VII, bronze, unnamed as issued;
RN LS&GC GV (206906. H. F. Milne, Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.)

Henry Francis Milne was born at Perth, Scotland, on 18 January 1884, and enlisted into the Royal Navy on 16 October 1899. He received his QSA on H.M.S. Beagle, serving in her from December 1901 to July 1904, advancing from Boy 1st Class to Ordinary Seaman in January 1902.

In May 1910 he was drafted into H.M.S. Excellent and received the Royal Victorian Medal for the funeral of Edward VII. During the Great War he served in the Coastguard in Scotland at Stornoway and Wick, and afterwards at Southampton. He was awarded the LS&GC medal on 26 February 1917, and was discharged to shore on 31 March 1923, with compensation of £90 on reduction of the Coastguard.