Peter Taverner Miller
Person details
| Forename(s) | Peter Taverner |
|---|---|
| Surname | Miller |
| Rank | Major |
| Regiment | Royal Sussex Regiment |
| Age | 32 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > France > Amiens |
| Date of Death | 20/05/1940 |
| Year of Entry | 1922 |
| House Letter | B |
| School Notes | Junior Scholar; English Literature Prize |
| Comments |
"...the tanks went on to take Amiens and to establish a considerable bridgehead south of the Somme. In doing to they destroyed the 7th Royal Sussex (37th Brigade) which stood and fought to a finish" http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-5.html |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 7th Battalion |
| Prefect | School Prefect |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 23 |
| Battle | Battle of Amiens |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > Dunkirk |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Oriel College, Oxford; Barrister; Married |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | November 17 1940. Killed in action near Amiens on 20th May, 1940, Peter Taverner Miller, Major, Royal Sussex Regiment. Pete Miller came to Radley in 1922 with an entrance scholarship from St. Andrew's, Eastbourne. He left in 1927 as a School Prefect, a member of the cricket XI, and the Fives Pair. He went on to Oriel, where he got a third class in Honour Mods., and also in Greats; captained his College cricket side, and got a half-blue for Hurdles. He joined the 5th Bn. R. Sussex R. as soon as he left School. In I933 he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple, and was already showing signs of making a real career as a barrister. Such are the bare outlines of a young man whom the Radley world will very greatly miss. That he made a good soldier we can well believe for he was one of those gay and gallant spirits, with a high sense of duty, of whom good soldiers are made. All his qualities seemed to us pure gold. The trouble he took, the hard work he put in, the serious side he had, were all leavened with a fine sense of humour. His passing is sad indeed, and all our sympathy goes to his young wife with her small daughter and to his parents who are such friends of the School. |
| Service Number | 39804 |
| Place of Birth |
