Memorial

W Miller

A general view of the gravestone St Mary'sExtra Cemetery Southampton

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

St Mary Extra Cemetery, 26, Butts Road, Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 1BE, England

SU 45688 10891

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 74320
Description: Gravestone with straight sides, inward sloping top surmounted by a plain cross with "IHS" in an incised circle on the cross , commemoration incised in the gravestone
Inscription: /IN/LOVING MEMORY OF/WALTER J MILLER/LATE ARMOURER OF HMS MONARCH/WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF ABU KLEA/SOUDAN EGYPT/JANUARY 17TH 1885 AGED 26 YEARS/GODS HOLY WILL BE DONE/ALSO /THOMAS C MILLER/WHO DIED MARCH 6TH 1886/AGED 21 YEARS/HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP/

War: Sudan Campaign (1882-1899)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: given name,surname , trade , unit.manner of death,place of death , date of death,age at death

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25465/page/1914 . This is an account of the battle of Abu Klea which includes an eyewitness description of the death of Walter Joseph Miller . This account gives his date of death as 16th January 1885 , one day earlier that the date inscribed on the gravestone