World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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James Miller
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Miller
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
Unknown
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Scottish Horse
Died:
13/10/1918
Aged:
22
Buried:
Acklington, St. John The Divine Churchyard, Northumberland
Service History:
Enlisted at Amble, Northumberland, on 24 February 1916, while living at 13, Percy Street, Amble.
Formerly 2816, Grenadier Guards.
Died at Acklington on 13 October 1918, age 22, from wounds received during the war. There is no CWGC record of this, which may suggest Miller's death was sometime after discharge from service.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 112)
Background:
Born 1896, at Thirston New House, Felton, Northumberland, the son of William Miller (b. about 1863, at Chevington, Northumberland; in 1911, a Shepherd), by his wife, Mary Miller (née Wade; b. about 1869, at Tweedmouth, Northumberland), of Chester Houses, Acklington Park.
Miller had a younger sister, Magdelan (b. 1901), & brother, William (b. about 1903). The siblings were all born at Felton.
At 15, Miller was a Horseman on a farm, also a Miner.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 112)
Local Memorial:
Acklington, St. John the Divine