Year of birth: 1887

Place of birth: Darlington, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: Day laborer

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 19913

Enlistment place: Darlington, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Units:  —  Northumberland Fusiliers, 11th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 14/10/1917

Place of death: Reutel, Beselare, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 30

1914-15 Star Medal

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

Private Harry Miller, a 30-year old previous farm labourer from Darlington, Durham, UK, was part of the 11th Northumberland Fusiliers (68th Brigade, 23th Division). The 11th Northumberland Fusiliers participated in the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. On 12 October they took over the frontline from the 13th Durham Light Infantry near Reutel. The next day ‘A’ Company was heavily shelled and on 14 October ‘C’ Company shared the same fate. Private Miller was one of the casualties on 14 October, leaving behind wife and son. On 17 November 2021 Harry Miller, previously missing and remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, was reburied on Tyne Cot Cemetery.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Sources used

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1635284/harry-miller/ Sources used

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-poet-george-ypres-belgian-b966755.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-poet-george-ypres-belgian-b966755.html Sources used

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used

War Diary 11th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers https://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used