Blackmore. Remembrance 100. Twenty-one days. Twenty-one names. (10) Herbert Miller

Herbert Miller

War Memorial: Place and inscription Blackmore War Memorial: Pte. H. Miller E. Surrey. Church window: Herbert Miller. War Memorial Tablet inside All Saints Church, Doddinghurst. Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore & Doddinghurst). [ERO A10815].

Rank: Private

Regiment: East Surrey Regiment.  7th Battalion.  Service No: 1022.  [CWGC]

Service Details: Lists place of birth as “Blackmoor, Essex” and residence as Doddinghurst. [SDGW] Enlisted: Warley [WFA] Medal card: E Surrey R Ptr 1022 died 21/10/18 Victory/British E/1/103B p. 142 15 star E/1/4C1 p. 55 First served [1] France 24/3/15.  no contact address. [Ancestry]

Personal and family information: Son of George Miller, of Swallows Cross. (Born Blackmore. Lived in Doddinghurst)  [CWGC]. Herbert Miller was baptised at Blackmore on 16th November 1890.  His parents were George, a labourer, and Mary, of Swallows Cross [ERO D/P 266/1/11]. 1901 Census: Swallows Cross, Blackmore.  (Next entry, Staines Farm). George Miller. Head. Married. [Age] 49.  Agricultural Labourer.  [Born] Mountnessing. Mary Miller.  Wife.  Married.  [Age] 49.  [Born] Blackmore. Minnie Miller.  Daughter.  [Age] 16.  [Born] Blackmore. Claude Miller.  Son.  [Age] 14.  Farm lad.  [Born] Blackmore. George Miller.  Son.  [Age] 12.  [Born] Blackmore. Herbert Miller.  Son.  [Age] 10.  [Born] Blackmore. Minnie Miller was a witness to the marriage of Herbert Game in 1909.

Date of Death: 21st October 1918

Age: 29

Where died: Died. [WFA]. Germany

Place of Burial or Commemoration: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. B. 36. Cemetery: Cologne Southern Cemetery. [This probably indicates that he had died as a prisoner of war, as Allied troops did not enter Cologne until December 1918.]

List of Sources: Ancestry, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Ron West: who has researched those commemorated on the Doddinghurst War Memorial, Western Front Association