In 1921 he is listed as Willings, with his widowed father in Rowley Regis parish. He is listed as a Chain Stricker Iron. I assume that should be striker.
Mother probably died in 1915.
joseph mole was also in the iron working trade so maybe another reason john knew himA Joseph Mole served in Worcestershire regiment in WW1 - is this how he knew John?? He came from Rowley Regis.
looks that way albertaSo he had stopped calling himself Mills in civvy life.