Blessé au combat
Pte W.R. Millar
Service No.
Company:
3193963
Unknown
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date Wounded:
Wednesday, 19 July 1944
Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)
Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn.
Joined up date
vendredi 15 mars 1940
William Robert Millar was born in Blackburn, West Lothian in July 1916.
He enlisted at Berwick on Tweed in March 1940 and was 5 foot 9 and weighed 147lbs.
He married Marion McAllister in April 1942.
After he was wounded in Normandy, he stayed in the UK until being posted back to NWE in March 1945.
Pte Millar is one of the signatures on the 50 Franc Note signed by member of 1st KOSB Signals the night before D-Day. You can read more about it here.
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