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James Emerson Miller

In memory of:

Sergeant James Emerson Miller

March 28, 1940
Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

580921

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

77 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Robert Emerson Miller and Catherine Miller, of Jarvis, Ontario. He was born in 1914. He enlisted in March 1939 and served as an observer. The plane in which he was a passenger was shot down by a Dutch fighter and was force landed.

Commemorated on Page 614 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 1.

Location:

Rotterdam lies 23 kilometres south-east of the Hague and 52 kilometres south-west of Utrecht. Crooswijk is a district east of the centre of the city. The address of the ROTTERDAM(CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY is:
Algemene Begraafplaats
Kirkoflaan 5
Rotterdam

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Sergeant James Emerson Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant James Emerson Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant James Emerson Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant James Emerson 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 April 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of James Miller

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    Photo of James Miller
  • Grave marker– Headstone at the Rotterdam (Crooswijk) general cemetery. Photo courtesy of Pieter Schlebaum.

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    Grave marker – Headstone at the Rotterdam (Crooswijk) general cemetery. Photo courtesy of Pieter Schlebaum.
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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: Montreal Gazette April 4, 1940

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    Newspaper Clipping – Source: Montreal Gazette April 4, 1940

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