Able Seaman HENRY JAMES MILLER
Royal Navy
H.M. Submarine Unity
Died 29 April 1940
Age 39 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards George Cross
- Additional Info Son of Albert and Lilian Maud Miller; husband of Vida Maude Miller, of Southsea, Hampshire.
- Additional Citation note
The London Gazette of 16th August, 1940, states that 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.
Able Seaman Henry Miller and Lieutenant John Low, R.N., were on duty in the control room of their submarine Unity when the vessel was struck by the Norwegian Freighter, Atle Jarl, in the North Sea. The submarine began to sink and the order to abandon ship had been called, Low and Miller assisted every member of the submarine to escape, except for themselves. Both received the same posthumous award for these actions.
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