BORN HULL 1893. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS MILLER (1866-1941) & SARAH JANE MILLER, (1868-1941), OF 28, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. FORMER RECKITTS WORKER AND ARMY RESERVIST. HE HAD ONE BROTHER GEORGE. HIS ONLY SISTER, WAS HELEN MILLER (1897-1982)
HE JOINED THE ARMY IN HULL, ON 11/08/1910. SERVED WITH THE 1/4 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE LEFT FOR FRANCE WHEN WAR BEGAN, ON 05/08/1914. WOUNDED IN THE FIELD AND RETURNED TO UNIT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 22. HE HAD SERVED FOR 5 YEARS AND 59 DAYS.
HE IS BURIED AT CHAPELLE-D’ARMENTIERES NEW MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “LOVED, HONOURED, REMEMBERED”.
HIS ONLY BROTHER, GEORGE WILLIAM MILLER, ENLISTED ON 4 DECEMBER 1911. SERVED IN THE 3RD NORTHUMBRIAN ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON 28TH NOVEMBER 1918 & AWARDED THE SILVER WAR BADGE (N0: B64958).HE DIED AT HULL, ON 6 Oct 1927, AGED 36 AND IS BURIED AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. BOTH BROTHERS ARE RECORDED ON THE SAME WAR PENSION CARD.
