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Pte. Horace Philip "Holly" Miller
13th Btn.
from:Hoxton, London
(d.20th Jul 1918)
Horace Miller is one of 3 brothers who died within a week of each other. All 3 forgotten, the names of the other 2 unknown, not even found as yet on 1901 or 1911 censuses. We only found Horace (Holly) because we have a Middx Regt banner with his nickname on it and trolling through the CWGC list of casualties. His widowed mother did not talk about it, in fact the family were kept at a distance at the time of deaths. I would greatly appreciate it if Holly can be remembered and even more if his brothers can be found to be remembered by descendants including his 2 nieces.
Gnr. Horace Frederick Miller
British Army 144th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Worthing, Sussex
(d.28th November 1917)
Horace Miller was my grandfather, and he died in action leaving my grandmother Violet Kate Miller a widow, with five children. The youngest, my mother Zena Miller was only two years old.
Pte. J E Miller
British Army 2nd Battalion, B Coy. London Regiment
Pte J E Miller was wounded whilst serving with 2nd Londons.
Sgt. J. Miller
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
J Miller served with the 24th and 30th Battalions Northumberland Fusilers.
Pte. J. W Miller
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:High Felling
J Miller served with the Tyneside Irish and the D.L.I.
Pte. Jack Sydney Miller
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Ilford, Essex
(d.28th Aug 1914)
I have had Jack Miller's war medals since 1976 when clearing out my grandfather's house. Miller is not a family name at all. Now going through a pile of family history documents I inherited from my father I found the attached cutting from the Great Eastern Railway Magazine of July 1915. He must have been something to my family but I have no idea what that is at the moment.
James Miller
British Army Seaforth Highlanders
from:Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
My grandfather, James Miller, served in the Seaforth Highlanders but we have no details for him and it appears no service record survives either. All we have is this photograph of him sent from France (he is on the right and as far as we know the other chap is a friend of his from their home town of Wick, Caithness.
I was puzzled about the outfit they are wearing as I was expecting them to be wearing a kilt but it has been suggested that during the war sometimes they were short of uniforms and they were kitted out in fleece and knitted goods from civilians. There is nothing in the photograph to suggest a regiment. Unfortunately, like many, he suffered terribly from shell shock and this eventually contributed to his death in 1934 at the age of 44. I have also been told that he was in rehabilitation in a hospital in Edinburgh.
Editors Note:
Unfortunately there were at least 12 members of the regiment bearing this name so it is not possible to distinguish which one was him without further details. The jackets they are wearing were issued to soldiers in cold weather, the rest of the uniform is standard army issue. The Seaforth Highlanders were a kilted regiment, but later in the war they wore trousers as kilts offer little protection against mustard gas. Presumably trousers may have been worn during the winter months for practical reasons.
Pte. James Miller VC.
British Army 7th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
(d.30th July 1916)
James Miller died of wounds on the 30th of July 1916 and is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery in France.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29740, dated 8th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. His Battalion was consolidating a position after its capture by assault. Private Miller was ordered to take an important message under heavy shell and rifle fire and to bring back a reply at all costs. He was compelled to cross the open, and on leaving the trench was shot almost immediately in the back, the bullet coming out through his abdomen. In spite of this, with heroic courage and self-sacrifice, he compressed with his hand the gaping wound in his abdomen, delivered his message, staggered back with the answer and fell at the feet of the officer to whom he delivered it. He gave his life with a supreme devotion to duty."
Pte. James "Snow" Miller
British Army 3rd Btn. A Company Cameron Highlanders
from:Greenock, Scotland
James Miller, is my Grandfather, born in Greenock, Scotland and immigrated to New Zealand in 1927. Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm all his records, due to the fire that destroyed records. All we have is this photo and the knowledge that he was gassed during the war which affected him for his remaining years. He died in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand in 1961 after a happy and successful life.
L/Cpl. James Miller
British Army 10th Btn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Londonderry
James Miller Joined the 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Aug 1915. He deployed to France on 5th Oct 1915 where he served with the Battalion. He was discharged on 15 Aug 1916, believed due to injuries (possibly from Gas - not confirmed).
Pte. Jampson Young Miller
British Army 20th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland, Co. Durham
Jampson Young Miller was born on 29 December 1882 in Church Walk which is the small lane that runs pass the Holy Trinity Church in the east end of Sunderland. His birth was also recorded wrongly as Jamson. Jampson was one of 9 children and his father was William Burlinson Miller and his mother was Eliza Usher, who were also both born in Sunderland.
Jampson served in the First World War in the Durham Light Infantry. He join up on 5 September 1915. Although records show he was attached to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Durham Light Infantry his number is prefixed with a 20 indicating that he served overseas with the 20th (Wearside) Battalion. The 20th was raised in Sunderland on 10 July 1915 and landed in France on 5 May 1916.
The 20th Battalion DLI saw action at: Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Somme, 1916; Pilckem, Menin Road Ridge, Ypres, 1917; Bapaume, 1918; Somme, 1918; Ypres, 1918. and were disbanded in November 1918. The 20th Battalion was a part of the 123rd Brigade of the 41st Division. The Division formed in Britain in October 1915 from the Locally Raised or Pals Battalions from various parts of the country. Arrived in France in May 1916. Served in France and Flanders until November 1917 when the Division went to Italy, the Division served in Italy until March 1918 when it went back to France. The Division remained in France and Flanders until the Armistice. In March 1918 the 20th Balttalion was transferred to the 124th Brigade. The 124th was also part of the 41st Division.
The first battle in which Jampson was involved in was a very famous one, this was the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. Flers-Courcelette was the first battle during which Tanks were used in warfare. It is revealing to know that one of your ancestors was at a very famous event as this battle was. Jampson was known to have been gassed (this was likely during the Battles of Passchendaele when the German's used Mustard Gas). Jampson's army discharge papers show that Jampson was discharged on 12 February 1918 as been medically unfit for service. Jampson in fact from the war returned with a severe sharpnel wound in his back. This wound was so bad that you could place your fist in it. After the First World War worked as a labourer with the Sunderland Water Board doing sewage work.
The 20th Battalion DLI were involved in further battles of the Somme and Ypres in 1918. However, the next major battle on the Somme did not commence until 21 March 1918. Jampson was discharged in Febuary 1918 so it is possible he was wounded toward the end of the Third Battle of Ypres and was discharged when he had recovered sufficently to be released from hospital.
John Miller
Army Durham Light Infantry
This is a picture of my Grandfather, John Miller, and some comrades who served with the DLI during WW1. The photograph, I believe, was taken in a POW camp, somewhere in France.
Pte. John Henry Miller
British Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:6 Elmtree Street, Rise Carr, Darlington
(d.24th Apr 1915)
John Henry Miller is Remembered with Honour at the Menin Gate Ypres
Notes on one man’s background and entry into the Great War. A portrait of the average soldier:
Private 1016 J.H. Miller of the 1/5 Durham Light Infantry, part of the York and Durham Brigade, Territorials, was my Great Grandfather. He was born in 1869 in the parish of St. Johns, Hull; his father Isaac was a stevedore in Hull docks. I have no idea yet, how and why John Henry came to Darlington but on 23rd December 1899 at age 30, he married Susannah Brown aged 21, in the parish church of St. Paul’s in Darlington. Susannah was originally from Brierly Hill in Staffordshire where her father Robert Brown had been a Brick maker. The 1901 census records John Henry as 31 years old and as a Railway Plate Layer; their first child Charlotte was not yet one year old. This new family of 3 lived with Susannah’s parents, Robert and Sarah Brown, and Susannah’s siblings in overcrowded conditions at 10 Boyne Street, Rise Carr in the Harrowgate Hill area of Darlington. By the time of the 1911 census, John Henry is recorded as being 43 and not 41 years of age and now living at 3 Boyne Street, with Susannah and their children, Charlotte (10), Isabel (8), John Robert (6) and Lillian (4). Louise Miller, my Grandmother was yet to be born and in fact was 2 days short of her first birthday when John Henry was eventually killed in action. The same census records my Great Grandad as being a Blacksmith Striker and Puddler in an iron works.
In spite of being only 5’ 7” tall John Henry Miller was clearly a fit and strong man involved in heavy industrial labour. Additionally, it is clear that by this time, this man had already become a “Saturday Night Soldier.” Enlistment Papers and Army Medial Reports show Private Miller as fit on 11th March 1908. The same papers also indicate previous military service by John Henry as a gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment, being discharged from the terms of his engagement at Dover on 9th August 1907. Previous service in the West Indies and Boer Wars are not the focus of attention here and remain the subject of research elsewhere. Suffice to say all indications are that he was a very good soldier and bandsman. Why was my Great Grandad in the T.A.? Perhaps the reorganization of the army in 1908, perhaps a sense of duty and pride, but more likely the need for extra money for a large and growing family. The King’s shilling was of great importance to many struggling working class North Eastern families at that time.
At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Private 1016 Miller was a member of the 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, in D, E or H company (Darlington) and based at Stockton on Tees as part of the York and Durham Brigade. Kitchener’s Saturday Night Soldiers were the object of scorn and contempt from many senior army officials at that time. Ironic that their contribution to the war effort would prove to be so significant and invaluable. There is to me additional and greater irony that Lord Kitchener should add his stamp to the pro forma message of condolence and sympathy from His Majesty following Private Miller’s eventual death.
On 10th August 1914 the battalion moved from Stockton on Tees up to Hartlepool and by October that year via Ravensworth Park, the battalion were billeted in Newcastle. It is worth noting that during this time many Officers were taken ill due to the apparently poor living conditions in which they were placed. Also during this time Private Miller signed along with thousands of others an agreement to serve overseas. This was a period of increasingly intense preparation and training.
On 16th April 1915 the battalion boarded a train at Newcastle station and departed at 1.30 pm bound for Folkestone via York, Doncaster, Spalding, March and London. 17th April 1915 saw the arrival of the Battalion at Folkestone between 12.45 and 1.00 am. and there began the immediate embarkation on board the Invicta. Records show that by 2.00 am they were underway on a very calm sea. A famous poem by a Sgt. Wilkes notes there was “no merriment or singing.” As an aside the Invicta was a cross channel turbine steamer of 1680 tonnes built in 1905 by William Denny and Sons in Dumbarton, owned and operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Rail Company before she was sold in 1923 to a French company Saga. The battalion arrived at Boulogne in France shortly before dawn on the 17th April. They disembarked immediately and began a cold and damp march up a steep hill to the outskirts of Boulogne and St. Martin’s Camp. Here the battalion rested until 5.30 pm that day. In the early evening John Henry and his comrades marched some seven miles to Pont de Briques where they entrained for Cassell at approximately 2.00 am.
18th April, the whole battalion marched 8 miles to Steenvoorde and were billeted by company in various local farms. The march had been accompanied by the sound of distant gunfire as a reminder that their 5 day stay was a preparation for war in the trenches.
22nd April was prior to my Great Grandad’s involvement but records (falsely) the first gas attack by German forces on French Algerian and Moroccan troops. Some 5700 canisters/168 tons of chlorine gas were unleashed and the devastating effects are well recorded elsewhere. This new lethal weapon of mass destruction had been in place and prepared since early February and it was only poor weather conditions that prevented its earlier use. At 5.00 pm the same day heavy shelling on Ypres and French trenches recommenced as a prelude to a German Infantry attack. Numerous texts explain in great detail the events of that day and the courageous actions of, for example, Canadian troops near Kitcheners’ Wood. NB: the use of the apostrophe in Kitcheners’ Wood is because it has nothing to do with Lord Kitchener but rather the “Bois de Cuisinieres”, and is therefore appropriately placed.
23rd April was as usual St. George’s Day of 1915. At this point the battalion was 103 strong and commanded by Lt. Col. G.O. Spence. Spence had been warned the previous day to be ready at a moment’s notice. The more usual 4 company structure had been adopted and Private J.H. Miller was recorded as one of two official stretcher bearers with C company; he along with a Private Filtcroft and 3 attached RAMC are in evidence. I have no indication at this point why John Henry Miller was a stretcher Bearer – age, inclination, objection, experience and more research is required.
The battalion was moved closer to the action en masse by motor bus to Poperinghe and then marched in silence and darkness to Vlamertinghe. From Vlamertinghe John Henry and his comrades marched to Brierlen where a hutted camp was to be their rest. Brierlen was, however, already under shell fire and the men were forced to lay on open ground during a wet, cold, grizzly night. No casualties are recorded at this time and Brierlen marked the boundary with French and Belgian troops.
On 24th April at 1.00 am the battalion was assembled to move into action. They moved to take up positions on both banks of the Yser canal. From here the men moved to Potijze and in the early daylight they passed refugees and the gassed and wounded soldiers from the Front who warned them of their impending death. Ypres was to their right flank and visibly in flames. In occupying a line of reserve trenches at Potijze the first casualties were recorded and it appears that John Henry Miller was among the six that died that day. Three had belonged to A company and had died at Fortuin in support of Canadian troops. Private J.H. Miller was the only one listed with C company and the only official stretcher bearer killed. It had been noted in dispatches that 2ndLt. E.W. Faber and 2 or 3 of the old bandsmen were doing “splendid work as stretcher bearers.”
My Great Grandfather was now dead and Susannah Miller was now a widow with 5 children living in 6 Elmtree Street, Rise Carr, Darlington. John Henry Miller had lasted 6 days from landing in France and had made the ultimate sacrifice for his King, Country and Comrades. Thousands had already died and many thousands more were to die on both sides in the following months and years.
To some, 1016 Pte. J.H. Miller may have been mere working class cannon fodder … but to me he was, alongside many others, a hero. To my immense satisfaction and pride his name is recorded at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium and his name and contribution are remembered with sorrow and honour. “… At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them.”
Editors Note: Bandsmen traditionally serve the role of stretcher bearers during combat.
Gnr. John Miller
British Army 177th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:London
(d.30th Oct 1917)
Gunner John Miller, 31509 177th Royal Field Artillery was my Great-Grandfather who died whilst serving in Ireland. He is buried in the Curragh Cemetery, just outside Dublin. John was transferred to the 320th Home Service Company Labour Corp at some point and he was serving with them at the time of his death.
I have always been told that John had visited the doctor a number of times complaining of headaches, only to be sent away without further investigation. Sadly, on 30th October 1917, John died whilst on duty and it was discovered that he had suffered a brain haemorrhage. John's wife Ellen was a strong lady and having just lost her husband and having a young daughter, Kathleen, must have kicked up a bit of a stink as she was taken over to Ireland for John's burial on the Curragh in 1917.
At the bottom of John's headstone, there is the inscription "Always remembered, never forgotten" and he hasn't been. I visited his grave for my 30th birthday in 2000 and plan to go back soon - hopefully, 2017. I know that the Curragh Barracks were handed back to the Irish in 1922 but feel very sad that the War Graves in the Curragh Cemetery are not tended with the same respect and dedication that I have seen in every other war cemetery (both WWI and WWII) that I have visited. It appears sufficient to chuck a couple of sheep over the wall and leave them to keep the grass under control, but this piece is about John's story.
Pte. John Lamb Miller
British Army 15th Service Btn. 13 Coy Highland Light Infantry
from:130 Gairbraid Street, Maryhill, Glasgow
I have the New Testament given to John Lamb Miller by the Corporation of the City of Glasgow. It is in great condition. He was a relation of mine, but I know very little about him. Any information, no matter how small would be great.
Pte. John Miller
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
John Miller is buried in Peronne Cemetery
Pte. John W Miller
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dunston
Pte. John Miller
British Army 16th Btn., D Coy. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Salford
(d.23rd Nov 1916)
Cpl. John Miller
British Army 8th (Ardwick) Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Salford, Lancs
Jack Miller served with the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Able Sea. Joseph Alexander Miller
Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve Hood Battalion
from:St Margarets Rd, Scotswood, Newcastle Upon Tyne
(d.4th Feb 1917)
My great granddad, Joe Miller, first enlisted for the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 4th of September 1914 as private 10696. He transferred to the RNVR on the 7th of September 1914 and joined Hood Battalion two days later. He was at Antwerp and must have managed to get out before the rest were interned for the rest of the war. He then went to Gallipoli where he was wounded with shrapnel in both his legs and was hospitalised in Malta.
He rejoined Hood Battalion on the 24th of July 1915 but then had yellow jaundice. He rejoined Hood Battalion on the 2nd of December 1915 and was transferred to base depot at Mudros. He stayed there until arriving back in England from the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Forces on the 22nd of August 1916. He was drafted for the BEF on the 9th of October and joined Hawke Battalion on the 26th of November 196. He died on the 4th of February 1917 and is buried in Queens Cemetery Bucquoy, France.
Pte. Joseph Miller
British Army 1st Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Halstead, Essex
(d.5th Dec 1915)
Pte. Joseph Miller
British Army 9th (County Tyrone) Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Comber, County Derry
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Leonard Lantaff Miller
British Army 13th Battalion Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:15 Ross Street, Cambridge
(d.30th September 1918)
I never had the chance to know my grandfather. My father was just two years old when Leonard Miller was wounded. Around 27th September 1918 in the area of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line and particularly the Battle of the Canal du Nord, which is where it is thought he may have sustained his injuries. Although it could also have been in the big attack on Ribecourt. Len was transported to Abbeville at the mouth of the River Somme to the Australian Tented Hospital where, sadly, he succumbed to his injuries and died on 30th September 1918. He was 30 years old. He is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension. He left behind his widow, Kate, and his small son, Reginald, as well as his mother Louisa Miller, and six sisters and three brothers.
His brother, Lance Sergeant Stanley Bertram Miller, 325687, served with the 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment and he had been killed on 31st July 1917 near St. Julien, aged 27 years old. His remains were never found and his name is on the Menin Gate in Ypres. Leonard and Stanley's father died in December 1917, and most likely the loss of Stanley was a factor in Harry Miller's death.
My father took up researching his family and in particular his father in the 1960's with the help of his aunts and uncles, but this was before the records were published online, so much more difficult to find things out. I started researching myself around 2004 with the help of a computer and the huge and ever increasing amount of records to try to find out as much as possible about my grandfather and my great uncle. In 2009 my husband and I, together with friends, made the trip over to Abbeville to visit my grandfather's grave. It was a very moving experience for me to stand in front of his headstone and to know that this was my grandfather's last resting place. The cemetery is beautifully kept and he lies close to fields with a lovely view. I left a tribute there and came away very glad that I had visited his grave because I think that I am the only family member to do so. After that we travelled in a north easterly direction across France and into Belgium visiting many of the cemeteries on the way, including Thiepval and Tyne Cot, before arriving in Ypres to attend the wonderful nightly ceremony at the Menin Gate. We also visited the area near St. Quentin and saw the canal and tunnels.
My grandfather's records were amongst all those which were destroyed in bombing in WW2, including his brother Stanley's records, so it is very hard to be totally sure of exact details. Both Leonard Lantaff Miller and Stanley Bertram Miller are remembered in a Chapel within Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire. This Chapel contains a memorial to the Men of Cambridge who lost their lives in World War One and is in the form of a large book made of wood, where you turn the pages alphabetically to reveal the names in gold letters on the wooden pages. This is a very fitting memorial to all who lost their lives.
Pte. Matthew Miller
British Army 4th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Liverpool
My father Matthew Miller, was born in 1885 and was conscripted into WWI with the East Lancashire Regiment. He was a middleweight boxer in the unit and got to the finals. He fought at Somme and told stories of the Labasse Canal and the mud.
He was taken prisoner at Passchendaele and apparently saved the life of a POW at the POW camp from drowning. The German Camp Commander who was a brewmeister in Berlin said my father should come to Berlin after the war and drink beer. He was transferred to another camp under control of the Hungarians. He recalled an tragic incident of being in a shell hole with 24 other men and a a guy from Leeds said "eeh I could just eat a piece of my mams fat cake" when another shell blew up in the hole and out of the 24 men only three survived, my father was one of them.
Pte. Matthew Miller
British Army 6th Btn Cameron Highlanders
from:Glasgow, Scotland
Matthew Miller was my Grandfather, and I have learned from service records that he enlisted at the age of 19 and served with the 6th Cameron Highlanders. He was wounded in France in August 1916, and was one of the very lucky ones to survive. Seeing so many fellow servicemen die must never leave you. When re-posted Matthew was sent to the Salonika Campaign, where he contracted malaria. This may have been with the 3rd Cameron Highlanders.
Reading the other profiles here, I am now wondering if my father Douglas was named after the commander listed here. There is no one named Douglas in 200 years of our family tree. I think I may have found his name sake.
Pte. Maurice Epton Miller
British Army 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Gloucestershire
(d.21st Mar 1918)
PO. O. G. Miller
Royal Navy HMS Benbow
Petty Officer Miller served as a gun layer on HMS Benbow in WWI and in the Black Sea in 1919. In 1924, he won the Mediterranean Fleet Field Guns Crew Trophy.
Peter Stalker Miller
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusliers
from:Carenshore, Scotland
My grandfather, Peter Stalker Miller, was a Scottish soldier in the 1st World War involved in the French trenches. My Mother was born in 1923 - shortly afterwards, maybe 3 years. Her Mother Lilian died and because of the horrors of the War in the trenches her father was never seen again. If anyone knows anything about Peter I would be grateful. My Mother will be 90 this year and has longed to find some trace of her Dad- date and burial of Peter is all unknown
Update: Peter enlisted as a private in the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers (RSF) (Regimental No 204679) and at some point, transferred to the Highland Light Infantry (Regimental No 330872) , though was probably still in the RSF as late as 1918. If Peter served for most of the war in the 2nd RSF, he could have fought at Ypres, Somme and Flanders and in battles at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert, Givenchy, Loos and Pilkem Ridge. So, it is quite likely that Peter saw a significant level of action during WW1. At the end of the war, he was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal. Does anyone have any more information on my great grandfather Peter Stalker Miller? Thank you for anything further
Gnr. Reginald William Miller
British Army 190th Brigade HQ Royal Field Artillery
from:24 Greyswood Street, Streatham, London.
(d.2nd Apr 1918)
Gnr. Reginald William Miller
British Army 190th Brigade H.Q Royal Field Artillery
(d.2nd April 1918)
Reginald Miller was killed in action on 2nd of April 1918. The cross which was improvised from fence wood is complete with the deceased's stencilled name and metal strip number tag. At the time of his death Gunner Miller was aged 19. His remains are now buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery
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