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Hubert Harvey Miller

In memory of:

Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller

February 12, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/4697

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

420 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Maynard A. and H. Louise Miller, of Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia. M.A. (Toronto University).

Commemorated on Page 99 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Panel 99.

Location:

During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.

The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:

IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE

In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Graduation Picture of Hubert Harvey Miller, Acadia 1930– "A swift and steady hand hath he, for a sure and steady line." After completing High School in Windsor, Hubert entered Acadia in the fall of 1926. He immediately gained a reputation as the college cartoonist. During his course here he has been class treasurer, member of the Upper Judicial and chairman of the Lower Judicial Committee, staff artist of the Athenaeum, and two years art editor of the Year Book. He has taken part in interclass debates and has been class historian. Commercial Art is to be his vocation and in this study he intends to continue next year. We all wish him hearty success in the work where his ability has been already demonstrated. - from Acadia 1930 Year Book

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    Graduation Picture of Hubert Harvey Miller, Acadia 1930
    Graduation Picture of Hubert Harvey Miller, Acadia 1930 – "A swift and steady hand hath he, for a sure and steady line." After completing High School in Windsor, Hubert entered Acadia in the fall of 1926. He immediately gained a reputation as the college cartoonist. During his course here he has been class treasurer, member of the Upper Judicial and chairman of the Lower Judicial Committee, staff artist of the Athenaeum, and two years art editor of the Year Book. He has taken part in interclass debates and has been class historian. Commercial Art is to be his vocation and in this study he intends to continue next year. We all wish him hearty success in the work where his ability has been already demonstrated. - from Acadia 1930 Year Book
  • Photo of Hubert Harvey Miller– Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller.

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    Photo of Hubert Harvey Miller – Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller.
  • Photo 2 of Hubert Miller– Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller on right. Photo printed on March 25, 1941.

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    Photo 2 of Hubert Miller – Flying Officer Hubert Harvey Miller on right. Photo printed on March 25, 1941.
  • Christmas card - Kings College– Christmas card drawn by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during late 1930's of Kings College, Windsor N.S.

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    Christmas card - Kings College – Christmas card drawn by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during late 1930's of Kings College, Windsor N.S.
  • Christmas Card - Greeting– Christmas card greeting lettered by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during late 1930's [note this is a match to King's College card]

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    Christmas Card - Greeting – Christmas card greeting lettered by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during late 1930's [note this is a match to King's College card]
  • Christmas card - Greeting 2– Christmas card greeting lettered by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during late 1930's [note this is a match to Hart House, University of Toronto card].

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    Christmas card - Greeting 2
    Christmas card - Greeting 2 – Christmas card greeting lettered by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during late 1930's [note this is a match to Hart House, University of Toronto card].
  • Christmas card - Hart House– Christmas card drawn by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during mid 1930's of Hart House, University of Toronto.The picture was drawn, printed and sent, possibly while he was a MA student in History at U of T.

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    Christmas card - Hart House
    Christmas card - Hart House – Christmas card drawn by Hubert Harvey Miller likely during mid 1930's of Hart House, University of Toronto.The picture was drawn, printed and sent, possibly while he was a MA student in History at U of T.
  • Art work by Hubert Miller– Art work by Hubert Harvey Miller, while a student at Acadia University that was included in the 1930 Acadia yearbook.

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    Art work by Hubert Miller
    Art work by Hubert Miller – Art work by Hubert Harvey Miller, while a student at Acadia University that was included in the 1930 Acadia yearbook.
  • Newspaper clipping– Source: Hamilton Spectator, June 11, 1942. Flying Officer Miller, while going though the personal effects of his friend and fellow Flying Officer, Bruce Gordon McIver, who went missing in action on November 8, 1941, found F.O. McIver's letter to his parents and sent it to them, along with a letter of condolence of his own, parts of which were published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 11, 1942, some months after F.O. Miller's own death on February 12, 1942. As was the case for F.O. Miller, F.O. McIver's body was never recovered and he too is commemorated at the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom (Panel 59).

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    Newspaper clipping – Source: Hamilton Spectator, June 11, 1942. Flying Officer Miller, while going though the personal effects of his friend and fellow Flying Officer, Bruce Gordon McIver, who went missing in action on November 8, 1941, found F.O. McIver's letter to his parents and sent it to them, along with a letter of condolence of his own, parts of which were published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 11, 1942, some months after F.O. Miller's own death on February 12, 1942. As was the case for F.O. Miller, F.O. McIver's body was never recovered and he too is commemorated at the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom (Panel 59).
  • Newspaper clipping– Source: Hamilton Spectator, June 11, 1942. Part 2. Flying Officer Miller, while going though the personal effects of his friend and fellow Flying Officer, Bruce Gordon McIver, who went missing in action on November 8, 1941, found F.O. McIver's letter to his parents and sent it to them, along with a letter of condolence of his own, parts of which were published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 11, 1942, some months after F.O. Miller's own death on February 12, 1942. As was the case for F.O. Miller, F.O. McIver's body was never recovered and he too is commemorated at the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom (Panel 59)

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    Newspaper clipping – Source: Hamilton Spectator, June 11, 1942. Part 2. Flying Officer Miller, while going though the personal effects of his friend and fellow Flying Officer, Bruce Gordon McIver, who went missing in action on November 8, 1941, found F.O. McIver's letter to his parents and sent it to them, along with a letter of condolence of his own, parts of which were published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 11, 1942, some months after F.O. Miller's own death on February 12, 1942. As was the case for F.O. Miller, F.O. McIver's body was never recovered and he too is commemorated at the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom (Panel 59)
  • Newspaper clipping– Source: Hamilton Spectator, June 11, 1942. Part 3. Flying Officer Miller, while going though the personal effects of his friend and fellow Flying Officer, Bruce Gordon McIver, who went missing in action on November 8, 1941, found F.O. McIver's letter to his parents and sent it to them, along with a letter of condolence of his own, parts of which were published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 11, 1942, some months after F.O. Miller's own death on February 12, 1942. As was the case for F.O. Miller, F.O. McIver's body was never recovered and he too is commemorated at the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom (Panel 59).

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – Source: Hamilton Spectator, June 11, 1942. Part 3. Flying Officer Miller, while going though the personal effects of his friend and fellow Flying Officer, Bruce Gordon McIver, who went missing in action on November 8, 1941, found F.O. McIver's letter to his parents and sent it to them, along with a letter of condolence of his own, parts of which were published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 11, 1942, some months after F.O. Miller's own death on February 12, 1942. As was the case for F.O. Miller, F.O. McIver's body was never recovered and he too is commemorated at the RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom (Panel 59).

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