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JACK HUMPHREY
MILLER 1900
Tennis tournament at Grange. The annual tournament of the North Lonsdale
Tennis Club was held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Participants:
E.C.Miller and J.H.Miller. Playing
together they lost in the finals of the men's doubles.[1]
1905 The Grange Cricket Club passed through a right busy season, The highest score ever made on the home ground was achieved by Mr J.H.Miller, who piled up 90 against Lancaster "A" in a style worth looking at. [11] J.H.Miller topped the year's batting averages with 36.25 [12]
1909 Recommended
for Fellowship of the Zoological Society of London. 1910
Exploration in north-west Mongolia. The party, consisting of Mr M.P.Price,
Mr J.H.Miller, and myself, started in May, 1910, from the Siberian lowlands
in the neighbourhood of Minnusinsk, and passed over the Syansk ranges into the
secluded basin formed by these mountains, together with the Tannu-ola range, and
drained by the numerous headwaters of the Yenisei river.
Mr J.H.Miller
investigated the occurrence and conditions of the reindeer in these regions,
The expedition reached Kulja on November 14th.
Mr Price returns
to England from here, whilst Mr Miller and myself will go eastwards. Our
objective will be the Barkul-Hami group of mountains where geographical and
zoological investigations will be carried on
Our work will then take us
eastwards to the Aty-bogdo, of Kozloff, in the western part of the Gobi and
further eastwards, if time permits. [2] J.H.Miller
was one of the members of an expedition led by Douglas Carruthers to explore
western Mongolia and the surrounding Russian region in 1910. This expedition
explored the heart of the Altai argali range. The results of this expedition
were published in Douglas Carruthers' classic book, Unknown
Mongolia (1913). The three chapters on hunting were written by J.H.Miller
who devoted one chapter to sport on the Altai highlands. The Carruthers-Miller expedition proceeded to
Dzungaria in the Tian Shan Mountains after their sojourn in Mongolia.
Miller
continued his pursuit of wild sheep
J.H.Miller's chapter from Unknown
Mongolia on sport on the highlands of the Tian Shan is the best account of
hunting Tian Shan argalis. [3] 1911 Mr J.H.Miller, son of Mrs W.Pitt Miller, of Merlewood, reached home shortly before Christmas, after having been absent from England for some eighteen months on an expedition in Central Asia. Mr Miller appears to have had some thrilling experiences in his travels through tracts of country little known to white men, and obtained many specimens of animals extant in these regions. It may be Mr Miller will presently treat the residents of this neighbourhood to a lecture on his adventures. [13] 1912
Mr J.H.Miller
elected captain of Grange Golf Club. [14] The members of the local branch of the C.E.M.S. have passed a pleasant and encouraging year Several lectures have been given and meetings held at intervals during the year. These included a visit to Merlewood to view the interesting specimens collected by Mr J.H.Miller during his recent exploration tour in Central Asia, the members at the same time being asked to partake of Mrs Pitt Miller's hospitality. [15]
1914
On [8 August 1914] the 3rd Battalion [LNLR (Special Reserve)]
was mobilized and dispatched at once to its war station, Felixstowe, where it
arrived early on the morning of the 9th
the following officers
accompanied
Captains
E.C.Miller
Lieutenants
J.H.Miller.
[4] On [9 September 1914] Lieutenant J.H.Miller joined
with a draft of eighty men. [5] While at Pargnan, however, the Battalion was twice
called out in support of other portions of the line, and on 23rd
[September 1914] Lieutenant J.H.Miller and thirteen men were wounded by shrapnel
fire. [6] Funeral of Private Charles Keith, killed while
guarding the railway line near Slough
The Grange Boy Scouts
marched on
one side of the cortege, and the Lindale Boy Scouts, under Lieutenant J.H.Miller,
on the other
[7] At an illustrated lecture promoted at Grange by the
Church of England Men's Society on Thursday evening last week
Captain
[sic] Miller, of Grange, though not quite restored but well on the way, was
with them that night - (applause) - and he [Colonel Weston] was sure he voiced
the feelings of all present in expressing admiration of his gallantry and wishes
for his success on returning to the front
[8]
1915 Capt J.H.Miller, 3rd Loyal N. Lancashires, who, when attached to the 1st Batt., was seveely wounded last year on the Aisne, is now attached to the Egyptian Army, and has been appointed Inspector of the district of Kajo Kaji, part of the Soudan province of Mongalla. [16]
1917
MILLER, Capt. J.H. Mrs. W.
Pitt Miller, of Merlewood, has been informed that her youngest son, Capt. Jack
Humphrey Miller, died in hospital in Alexandria, on Saturday, from blackwater
fever. Capt. Miller was a fine type of soldier. When the war broke out he had
just returned from Manchuria, where he formed one of a party of explorers. He
was in possession of a splendid series of photographs obtained in districts
previously unknown, and of many trophies. He promptly joined the colours at the
outbreak of hostilities, obtained a commission, and volunteered for service in
France, where, on the Aisne, he was wounded, a bullet passing through his
shoulder. He was one of the first wounded men to return in the Grange district.
On his recovery he was given a district command in the Soudan, and it is
understood that at the time of his death he was enjoying a furlough. He was 32.
In Lindale he was responsible for the formation of the troop of Boy Scouts, and
as Scoutmaster the troop held him in the highest regard. He took the keenest
interest in any movement which was for the benefit of the youth of the village.
He was also a prominent supporter of the Grange Rifle Club. His brother, Capt.
E.C. Miller, was killed at Ypres early in the war, whilst his eldest brother,
Capt. W.G.P. Miller, died as a result of ptomaine poisoning some years ago
whilst in camp at Blackpool. [9] 1917
Captain J. H. Miller. We
regret to record the death of Captain J. H. Miller from blackwater fever in
Alexandria. Although Captain Miller was only thirty‑four years of age, he
had had very considerable experience in many parts of the world, for since 1905
he had been travelling almost continually. His main object was the search for
big game, yet he did much besides; he was a keen observer and collected many
specimens for scientific institutions. After a summer spent in Iceland he joined
Mr. Douglas Carruthers in Syria in 1905 and made large collections of birds and
mammals in the Syrian desert and at Petra. In 1906 he was hunting in the
interior of Asia Minor. In 1908 he travelled across Siberia and Turkestan,
hunting in the Altai and the Tian Shan Mountains. In 1910‑11, in company
with Messrs. Carruthers and Price, he took part in an expedition, extending over
twenty months, in Mongolia and Turkestan. He collected many interesting
zoological specimens on this journey, and formed a remarkable collection of the
big game of Central Asia. In 1913 he visited the Red Sea Province, and in the
winter of 1913‑14 he was hunting with Mr. P. H. Thomas in Southern
Abyssinia on the Somali borderlands. His collection included many notable
trophies, and he was considered a very fine shot. One of the original
Expeditionary Force in France, he was wounded in the battle of the Marne. On
recovery he was attached to the Egyptian army, and was in charge at Kajo Kaji,
in the Mongolia Province. Even here, in spite of heavy duties, he started to
work on the ornithology of the surrounding country, and made great plans for the
future. While on leave in Alexandria he suddenly developed blackwater fever and
died on August 26.[10] [1] Westmorland Gazette, 11 August 1900, p.5; 18 August 1900, p.6 [2] Carruthers, D. 1911. Exploration in north-west Mongolia. Geographical Journal, 37, 165-170. [3] Valdez, R. 1983. Wild sheep and wild sheep hunters of the Old World. pp 116-126 & 153-160. [4] Wylly, H.C. 1933. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Vol.II 1914-1919, p.155 [5] Wylly, H.C. 1933. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Vol.II 1914-1919, p.7 [6] Wylly, H.C. 1933. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Vol.II 1914-1919, p.10 [7] Westmorland Gazette, 31 October 1914, p.5 [8] Westmorland Gazette, 31 October 1914, p.8 [9] Westmorland Gazette, 1 September 1917 p.8. [10] Geographical Journal, 50, 1917, p.466 [11] Grange Red Book, 1906, p.97-98 [12] Grange Red Book, 1906, p.53 [13] Grange Red Book, 1912, p.110-111 [14] Grange Red Book, 1913, [15] Grange Red Book, 1913, [16] Grange Red Book, 1916, p.103 |