Lloyd Kenneth Miller Able Seaman V/353 Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve HMCS Bittersweet March 21, 1923 Halifax, Nova Scotia April 15, 1941 Halifax, Nova Scotia 27 Davison St., Halifax, NS 18 5 feet, 6 inches Fair Blonde Blue Single Assistant Shipper Church of England Florence Miller (Mother) Halifax, NS February 20, 1943 19 Halifax Memorial Panel 10 Commemorated on page 194 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 20 Lloyd Kenneth Miller was the son of Robert Victor Miller (1894-1930) and Florence Alma (Carmichael) Miller (1895-1955). Two brothers, Edmund Scott Miller (1916-2004), served with the Canadian Army overseas, and Gerald Robert Miller (1921-2012) served with the Army Medical Corps. Four other siblings were Laura Jean (b.1918), Lillian Mae (1926-1996), Robert Elliot, and Gordon. Gordon died in 1929 at the age of 3 months. Completing his grade 10, Lloyd left school at the age of 17. He worked for three months as an elevator operator at the Lord Nelson Hotel, in Halifax, before being employed as an assistant shipper with Manning Equipment, a mechanical wholesaler in Halifax. At enlistment with the navy, he indicated that post war he would pursue a career as an electrician. Once he was in the service of the Royal Canadian Navy, he expressed an interest in continuing with navy post war. Lloyd enlisted on April 15, 1941, at the Halifax Division of Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and commenced Active Service on May 21, 1941. He served on HMCS Venture from August 6, 1941 - April 30, 1942; on HMCS Annapolis from June 29, 1942 - September 3, 1942, and was drafted to HMCS Bittersweet on September 16, 1942. On February 20, 1943, HMCS Bittersweet was off the coast of Ireland when Able Seaman Lloyd Kenneth Miller, acting as Depth Charge sentry, was accidentality washed overboard at 1:45 pm, as a result of a very heavy sea. A sudden wave had washed over amidships and aft and the ship heeled violently to port. After two hours of search by HMCS Bittersweet and HMCS Eyebright, the attempt to find Able Seaman Miller was considered hopeless.

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial Service File: Lloyd Kenneth Miller