BORN HULL 11/06/1881. SECOND SON OF JOSEPH MYERS MILLER (1852-1923) AND CHARLOTTE MILNER (1852-1923), AT 4 MAPLE STREET, QUEENS ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST AUGUSTINES, IN HULL, ON 30/04/1908. HIS WIFE. EDITH ALICE HIGGINS (1877-1956) AND THEIR TWO SONS, ARTHUR AND ALLAN, LIVED AT 16, BLAYDES STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS).
A MASTER JOINER BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, IN HULL, ON 27/11/1914, AGED 35 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 38.5 INCH CHEST, 150 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSIQUE. HE WAS MOBILIZED FOR SERVICE, ON 20/11/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 19/06/1917. HE DIED FROM DROWNING, ON 19/08/1917, AGED 36. HIS BURIED AT HOLYBROOK CEMETERY, SOUTHAMPTON.
HE LEFT ONE BROTHER, TOM (1879-1951)
First name:
DAVID
Regiment:
Military Number:
213385
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
19/08/1917
Place died:
Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Age:
36
16, BLAYDES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
