Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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James Saunders Miller
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 305848
- Rank: Leading Stoker
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- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: H.M.S. Gaillardia
- Unit/Ship: Royal Navy
- Place of Death: Lost at Sea
- Age at Death: 30
- Date of Death: 22.03.1918
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Chatham Naval Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 29
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Lochee, Dundee
- Address: 8 Marybank Lane, Lochee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
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- Spouse:
Bessie Miller, 67 Liff Rd, Lochee
- Children:
More about James Saunders Miller
James has no known grave but is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial. He was serving aboard H.M.S. Gaillardia which was an Auberetia Class Sloop built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy as a Minesweeper and launched 19.05.1917. She was sunk when she struck a mine in the Northern Barrage, North Sea, 22.03.1918
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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