Rank
Lieutenant
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Seaforth Highlanders, 8th Battalion
Military Service
1914 Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 7 September at Glencorse [Barracks, Edinburgh] as 32854 Private. Subsequently commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in November.
1915 The 8th battalion Seaforth Highlanders was part of the 44th Brigade of the 15th (Scottish) Division. It proceeded to France at the end of July and took part in the Battle of Loos in September. Millar was killed on the first day of the battle.
Born
Death
25th September 1915
Circumstances of death
Age
34
Memorial
Loos Memorial, Panel 112 to 115.
CWGC Information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Gardner Millar, of 11, Athole Gardens, Glasgow
Parents
Alexander G Millar (1849-1926) and Isabella Curle (c1851-1920)
Fathers Occupation
Stockbroker at Morison & Millar, Accountants and Stockbrokers, 69 St George’s Place.
Siblings
Ethel M (c1880- ), Isobel (c1887- )
Spouse
Education
Occupation
1881 Census
West of Scotland Hydropathic Establishment, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire
1891 Census
Holmes House, Galston, Ayrshire. Robert is staying with his aunt and uncle Jane & Henry Lamont
1901 Census
11 Athole Gardens, Glasgow
1911 Census
Home Address
1915 – 11 Athole Gardens, Glasgow
Glasgow Necropolis
Other Memorials
Scottish National War Memorial
Kelvinside Academy War Memorial
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow War Memorial
Other Information
Millar’s enlistment papers for the RAMC have survived and lacking a portrait of him we know he was 5’ 7 ½ “ tall, weighed 147 pounds and had black hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion.
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), and Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/
Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com
Craster, HE The Seaforth Highlanders, August 1914 to April 1916 in The Scottish Historical Review, vol 16, no 64, July 1919
Rank
Lieutenant
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Seaforth Highlanders
Regiment Information
Seaforth Highlanders, 8th Battalion
Military Service
1914 Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 7 September at Glencorse [Barracks, Edinburgh] as 32854 Private. Subsequently commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in November.
1915 The 8th battalion Seaforth Highlanders was part of the 44th Brigade of the 15th (Scottish) Division. It proceeded to France at the end of July and took part in the Battle of Loos in September. Millar was killed on the first day of the battle.
Born
Death
25th September 1915
Circumstances of Death
Age
34
Burial
Loos Memorial, Panel 112 to 115.
CWGC Information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Gardner Millar, of 11, Athole Gardens, Glasgow
Parents
Alexander G Millar (1849-1926) and Isabella Curle (c1851-1920)
Father's Occupation
Stockbroker at Morison & Millar, Accountants and Stockbrokers, 69 St George’s Place.
Siblings
Ethel M (c1880- ), Isobel (c1887- )
Spouse
Education
Occupation
1911 Census
Home Address
1915 – 11 Athole Gardens, Glasgow
Glasgow Necropolis
1881 Census
West of Scotland Hydropathic Establishment, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire
1891 Census
Holmes House, Galston, Ayrshire. Robert is staying with his aunt and uncle Jane & Henry Lamont
1901 Census
11 Athole Gardens, Glasgow
Other Memorials
Scottish National War Memorial
Kelvinside Academy War Memorial
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow War Memorial
Other Information
Millar’s enlistment papers for the RAMC have survived and lacking a portrait of him we know he was 5’ 7 ½ “ tall, weighed 147 pounds and had black hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion.
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), and Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/
Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com
Craster, HE The Seaforth Highlanders, August 1914 to April 1916 in The Scottish Historical Review, vol 16, no 64, July 1919
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
Robert Curle Millar - Epislon Glasgow Necropolis