Private James Miller VC

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Reference WMO/140063

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St. Paul's Church

Bury Lane

Withnell

PR6 8SD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Metal Lead
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Base surmounted by tapering plinth, shaft and Celtic cross. Inscription in raised lettering on the front face of the shaft and plinth Celtic knot work design on the face of the cross. Metal VC at the top of the inscription
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Cross shaft: IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ PRIVATE/ JAMES/ MILLER/ V.C/ THE KING'S OWN/ (ROYAL LANCASTER/ REGIMENT)/ DIED FROM/ WOUNDS ON/ JULY 30TH 1916/ AGED 26YEARS/ INTERRED AT/ RECONDEL [sic] FRANCE. Sloping front face: STORY OF THE HEROIC DEED/ ORDERED TO TAKE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE UNDER/ HEAVY FIRE AND TO BRING BACK A REPLY AT ALL COSTS,/ PRIVATE MILLER, WHILE CROSSING THE OPEN, WAS/ ALMOST IMMEDIATLEY SHOT THROUGH THE BODY. IN SPITE/ OF THIS, WITH HEROIC COURAGE AND SELF-SACRIFICE HE/ STRUGGLED ON, DELIVERED THE MESSAGE, STAGGERED BACK/ WITH THE ANSWER, AND FELL AT THE FEET OF HIS OFFICER./ HE GAVE HIS LIFE WITH A SUPREME DEVOTION TO DUTY. Base of plinth: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS". Step: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION.

Private James Miller V.C.

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