Private William Miller

Private William Miller, 1st/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died on 24th April 1917 in Egypt, aged 32, of wounds received in the Second Battle of Gaza and is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. (He was probably wounded during the attack on the Turkish redoubt on “Outpost Hill” where the Battalion suffered heavy casualties). He had been born on Coldingham and was the son of John and Mary Miller of Ferney Castle, Reston and the husband of Helen Miller of Morningside, Edinburgh. He was also the brother of Mrs Miller of Armitage Street, Eyemouth and was well known in the district as the driver of the B.P. wagon. Previously he had been employed as a railway policeman on the North East Railway. The photographs show Borderers in Palestine in 1917. The three soldiers are Alec Lawrie, Willie Cockburn and Jim Murray all of whom played football for Coldstream F.C.