Henry James MILLER, GC (Posthumously)
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No. & Rank at the Time of Action: P/J 55387, Able Seaman
Unit/Occupation: H.M. Submarine Unity, Royal Navy
Date and Place of Birth: 28th November 1900, Poole, Dorset
Family: Son of Albert and Lilian Maud Miller; husband of Vida Maude Miller, of Southsea, Hampshire.
Early Life: H J Miller enlisted in the Royal Navy c.1918
Date and Place of GC Action: 29th April 1940, North Sea
The London Gazette: 16th August 1940
Citation: A.B. Henry James Miller was "posthumously awarded the Medal of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for gallantry in one of H.M. Submarines." This award was exchanged for the George Cross by the terms of the institution of that award in September, 1940