Jack Duppa-Miller
Deceased Person
1903 – 1994
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Who was Jack Duppa-Miller?
Lieutenant-Commander John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller GC, born John Bryan Peter Miller and known as Jack Duppa-Miller, was a Royal Navy officer who was awarded the George Cross for his "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in bomb disposal work during the Blitz of late 1940. He was attached to HMS Vernon and rendered many unexploded devices safe, including several parachute mines which fell onto the bank of the River Roding in Essex.
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- Born
- May 22, 1903
Posbury - Also known as
- John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller
- Died
- 1994
Somerset West
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on July 23, 2013
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