Name
William Francis Spurstow Miller
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/09/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
10/1570
Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Sp. Mem. 7.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 17 Jun 1893 in Southsea, Hampshire son of Admiral and Mrs. Francis Spurstow Miller of "Spurstow", 24 Dunkeld Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Educated at the United Services College 1906-11. Became a rancher in Argentina 1911-14 and then a farmer in New Zealand.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in New Zealand. Was wounded at Gallipoli in 1916 and invalided back to England. He was killed in action on the Somme.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
