A son of Mr. R. Mill, Edin., and twin brother of Douglas R. Mill, was born in 1894, and after being at St. James's Episcopal School and Gillespie's, he attended G.W.C., leaving in 1913 to study dentistry. In 1915 he joined the chemists' section of the R.E., was gassed and died on Mar. 1, 1917. He was buried at Barlin, south of Bethune.
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Born in 1893, was a son of Mr. G. I. Millar, Edin., and was at G.W.C. 1898-1908. He enlisted in the A. and S. H. in 1915, and went to France in 1916. He became a L/Cpl., was mortally wounded in action, and died on Oct. 12, 1918.
A son of Mr. G. I. Millar, Edin., was born in 1895, and attended G.W.C. 1901-11. He left to enter the office of Messrs. Barstow and Millar, C.A. Joining the E.U.O.T.C., he was gazetted from it to a commission in the R.F.A. in 1916. Ordered to the Western Front, he saw much of the fighting preparatory to the Spring Offensive of 1917. He was killed at Arras on Apr. 8, while directing the fire of his Bty. on the enemy wire and trenches.
The only son of Mr. A. B. Millar, Edin., was born in 1891, and joined G.W.C. in 1898, remaining only for a short time, as his family moved to Inverness. He did good expert work on the staff of the General Board of Control before enlistment. He was attached to the Inns of Court O.T.C., and was training for a commission, when he was cut off by illness, Oct. 30, 1918.
Harry W. Millar, Sergeant Observer, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Walker Millar, 5 Ettrick Grove, Edinburgh, was born on 2nd May 1923 and attended Watson's from 1929 to 1939 when he joined the staff of The National Bank of Scotland, Ltd. Volunteering for the R.A.F. on attaining the age of eighteen, he trained in S. Africa as an observer, and was killed in action in a raid on Turin in July 1943.
Born in 1882, was educated at G.W.C. and at Leys School, Cambridge. Entering Edin. Univ. in 1900, he graduated M.B. Ch.B. in 1905. In 1916 he was commissioned Lt. in the R.A.M.C., and in the following year was killed in action, Afar. 11, 1917.
The third son of Mr. W. Miller, was born at Gilmerton in 1898. He entered G.W.C. in 1907, and on leaving in 1912 joined the office staff of Messrs. T. Nelson and Sons, publishers. When considerably under military age he enlisted as a Pte. in the 5th R.S. in 1914, ultimately gaining the rank of Sgt., and acting as P.T. Instructor in his Bn. in 1917. Sent to France in Aug. 1918, he became seriously ill at Bailleul and was discharged in Feb. 1919. He died after a lingering illness, July 23, 1919.
The only son of Mr. R. Miller, Edin., was born in 1897. He spent all his school days at G.W.C., where he was a conspicuous member of the XV. and an officer in the O.T.C. Leaving in 1915, he was gazetted to the S.R., and was promoted Lt. in Apr. 1916. Crossing to France he was made A/Capt., and greatly distinguished himself in the Arras battle. He was mortally wounded on Apr. 23, 1917, and next day died in hospital. He is buried at Duisans.
The second son of the Rev. J. Miller, St. John's U.F. Church, Eyemouth, was born in 1894, and passed through Eyemouth Public School and Berwick Grammar School, where he was dux, before coming to G.W.C. in 1910. He was a Prefect and a keen member of the Football Club, playing for the Ogilvie 1st XV. in 1911-12, and receiving his 2nd XV. cap. He entered the office of Messrs. P. Henderson and Coy., Glasgow, and, having joined the 5th S.R., was called up on the outbreak of war. He served in France without a break from Nov. 1914 to Oct. 1915, and fell while attending a wounded man, Jan. 27, 1916.
A son of Mr. W. Miller, Gilmerton, Midlothian, was born in 1895, and attended G.W.C. 1905-10. On leaving School he chose banking as his profession. He held the rank of Capt. in the I.A. (Punjabis), and was killed on May 2, 1916.
