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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
435008
Age:
27
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
April 10, 1890
Death:
June 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
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Newspaper Clipping
Photo of a newspaper clipping of E.F. Miller's obituary. My great grandmother clipped it out and placed it in the memorial cross box for safekeeping. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo of a newspaper clipping of E.F. Miller's obituary. My great grandmother clipped it out and placed it in the memorial cross box for safekeeping. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo of a newspaper clipping of E.F. Miller's obituary. My great grandmother clipped it out and placed it in the memorial cross box for safekeeping. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo of a newspaper clipping from the Southend Standard. (England) This obituary is very personal as it seems to have been written by Percy E. Miller, brother of E.F. Miller who worked for the newspaper. It details the action and how E.F. Miller won his military medal. It also states that he has 3 other serving brothers. It was presumably sent to Anne Miller and she placed it in the memorial cross box for safe keeping. -
Group Photo
A photo of E.F. Miller during training in Shornecliff, England. It is a photo post card that was sent to his wife, Anne Miller. On the back the handwritten caption reads: "Don't I look like I am having fun? Ernie". -
Photo of Ernest Frank Miller
A sweetheart photo of E.F. Miller thinking of his wife, Anne Miller. In this photo E.F. is a sergeant. According to his military record, E.F. was promoted to Sgt. when the 50th Battalion landed in France. The photo was taken sometime between 1916 and his death in 1917. The photo contains a superimposed image of Anne Miller in the top left hand corner. The family does not have possession of this photograph of Anne Miller. -
Group Photo
A photo postcard of E.F. Miller with his fellow soldiers of the 50th Battalion. Unknown when or where it was taken. No caption on back. -
Group Photo
A photograph of E.F. Miller with fellow NCO's of the 50th Battalion. Lt. Col. Mason sits in the centre. All of the men in the photo are of Corporal or Lance Corporal Rank. E.F. miller is in the 4th row, 4th man from the left. (2nd row down from the back row). Presumably taken in England during training in 1915/1916 as E.F. is a corporal in this photo. -
Group Photo
A photo of Ernest F. Miller and Anne Miller. Taken in England just after they were married in 1913. The two moved to Medicine Hat and then Calgary before the war where E.F. worked as a gas/pipe fitter. -
Painting
A photo of a large paint colourized portrait of E.F. Miller copied from another photo. At some point, Anne Miller had a Military Medal handpainted onto the photo. -
Medals
Photo of E.F. Miller's Memorial Cross and a sweetheart pin of the 50th Oversea's Battalion. 2 of 3 the remaining items of E.F. Miller.<P> His Military Medal, British War Medal, and Victory Medal were lost or never recieved by the family. -
Reverse side of Memorial Cross
Photo of the reverse side of E.F. Miller's Memorial Cross pin. 1 of only 3 remaining items of E.F. Miller. His Military Medal, British War Medal, and Victory Medal were lost or never recieved by the family. -
Memorial cross condolence
Photo of the memorial cross condolence card which was inside of memorial cross box with the newspaper clippings. -
Inscription
Photo of E.F. Miller's name on the Vimy Ridge Memorial.<P> E.F. Miller was killed on June 3rd, 1917. The action is detailed in Victor Wheeler's book, No Man's Land. E.F. Miller and at that time had been recently promoted to Company Sgt. Major. The 50th Battalion was tasked with capturing an Electical Generating Station outside of the city of Avion. Sometime during that battle Ernest was killed and never found. It is somewhat fitting that his name is on the Vimy Memorial. Standing at the statue of Canada and looking out onto the plain you can see Avion and the place where Ernest Miller was killed. Thus the marker which bears his name, is close to the place where he fell and lies to this day. -
Memorial Scroll
Photo of Ernest Frank Miller's Memorial Scroll.<P> My great grand mother saved the scroll by keeping it in the original brown manila envelope and cardboard backing. It is in mint condition. -
Photo of Ernest Frank Miller
This is a photo of E.F. Miller taken. E.F. was a corporal during training in England of the 50th Battalion. Unknown date when taken but it was taken between 1915 and 1916 before deployment. -
Newspaper Clipping
Headshot photo published in the Calgary Herald in 1917 that my Great Grandmother clipped out and placed in the Memorial Cross for safe keeping. -
Death Penny
Photo of the Death Plaque of E.F. Miller. 1 of only 3 remaining items left in the family. The death plaque has been mounted in a wooden frame so it could be used (and still is) as a teapot stand. My grandfather made the frame in Elementary school during the late 1920s. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo of a newspaper clipping of E.F. Miller's obituary. My great grandmother clipped it out and placed it in the memorial cross box for safekeeping. -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frank Miller
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Page 294 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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