Date of birth 1875 Place of death Aegean Sea | Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland Years Team | |
Full name William Lee McAllister Miller Date of death 13 August 1915 (aged 40) Died 13 August 1915, Aegean Sea | ||
William Lee McAllister Miller (1875–13 August 1915) was a Scottish professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.
Personal life
Miller worked as a picture framer in Dumfries. Miller served as a corporal in the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the First World War and on 13 August 1915 was on board the troopship HMT Royal Edward when it was torpedoed by UB-14 in the Aegean Sea.
He was initially presumed dead and later commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
References
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