WW2 Group & Effects Major Miller MID Grenadier Guards.

WW2 1939/45 star, Italy star, Defence medal, 1939/45 War medal. Queen Elisabeth II Coronation medal, named bed Plate, badges, buttons etc all relating to William Eustace Pitt Miller. The grandson of William Pit Miller and son of captain Ernest Cyril Miller of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who distinguished himself and was killed in action during the first world war.
He was educated at Eton, and he was probably a member of the OTC there. After he joined the Grenadier Guards around 1926 and served with the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. He married Juliet St Aubyn, the daughter of the late Colonel and Mrs Guy St Aubyn of Queenshill Ascot.
At the start of WW2 he held the rank of Lieutenant in the 3rd battalion, Grenadier Guards in the 1st Guards Brigade. They served in France 1940, Deployed with the British Expeditionary Force fighting intense defensive battles on the Escaut River during the German advance and were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk. He was transferred for a short time to the Recognisance corps as captain and missed the campaign in North Africa. He was back with the Grenadier Guards in Italy 1943–1945, they fought in Italy from 1944. Attached to the 1st Guards Brigade, they served under the 6th Armoured Division. They fought in harsh mountain battles at Monte Cassino, the Anzio beachhead, and pushed forward to Florence.
He was wounded in 1944 and mentioned in dispatched for his service in Italy, including Monte Cassino, Anzio, Salerno and San Marino. By the end of the war, he was promoted to major and was discharged in August 1946 holding the honorary rank of Major. He attended the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 and received the Queen’s coronation medal. Sadly, he died in Woodbridge Suffolk in1990.
Obviously the above, is just an abridged version of this man’s service history, a wonderful research project awaits.
Along with major Miller’s items is also his Son’s Bed Pate, Lieutenant Timothy Pitt Miller Grenadier Guards born 1937, who sadly died in 2024, which released these items to market.
All Items are in good used condition, and this lot comes with various research to get you started including conformation of awards.
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