MILLER, Christopher Dudley
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Birth name:
MILLER, Christopher Dudley Butt
Known as:
Gertie
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
51ME Commando
Middle East Commandos
Regiment/Corps:
10th Royal Hussars
Service:
Army
Born:
Wednesday, November 25, 1903
Birthplace:
Wiltshire
Died :
Sunday, June 25, 1978
Age:
74
Major Christopher Dudley Miller was the second in command of 51 Middle East Commando on its formation 15 October 1940. He took command as Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 23 March 1941 when Lieutenant Colonel Cator MC, their Commanding Officer, was wounded. In January 1942, after a reorganisation of commando units in the region, 51 Middle East Commando was absorbed with the remnants of Layforce into a new Middle East Commando, with Major Miller as Second in Command. Further reorganisation led to the formation of the 1st Special Service Regiment which he joined July 1942.
Pre WWII
Pre WWII
31.01.1924 Second Lieutenant, 10th Royal Hussars ; 31.01.1926 Lieutenant; 06.07.1931 Captain; 05.04.1937 married Kathleen Winifred Archer-Shee.
Sources
Army Lists.
The 1939 Register covering Monxton, Andover.
Marriage notice in the Gloucester Citizen 6/4/1937 p.4.
Charles Messenger, The Middle East Commandos, pp.25, 62, 65-69, 108.
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