Raymond was the youngest of nine children of Charles Anson Miller and Clara Lilian Gardner, born in Windsor Mills, Quebec.
His mother never recovered from what today is called postpartum stress disorder leaving Raymond and three girls to be essentially raised by their older sister Delle.
This photo shows Raymond at 18, not long before he volunteered for the army during WWI. When he returned after three years, the family hardly recognised him.
He had two good friends killed right beside him - one from an artillery shell, another after they captured a German officer. The officer gave Raymond's friend a ring. As the Canadian was trying it on, the officer pulled a small pistol and shot him.
Raymond was with the Black Watch. Some days they were happy to find a piece of bread in the dirt, clean it off and eat it. Towards the end Raymond was a dispatch rider and carried the message to the troops that the war was over and the Armistice had been signed.
Upon return he again worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and is listed in their 1921 "Letters from the Front" which is included in the Canadian Great War Project on-line.
In 1924 Raymond married Mary Ellen Griffiths Coffin, the daughter of a Congregational minister serving in Brome County. His nephew says in his Memoirs that Raymond was one of the handsomest of men and deeply loved by his family.
According to Miller family records the couple is buried in the Coffin family plot near her father's church, although Raymond's name is not listed. They had no children.
His mother never recovered from what today is called postpartum stress disorder leaving Raymond and three girls to be essentially raised by their older sister Delle.
This photo shows Raymond at 18, not long before he volunteered for the army during WWI. When he returned after three years, the family hardly recognised him.
He had two good friends killed right beside him - one from an artillery shell, another after they captured a German officer. The officer gave Raymond's friend a ring. As the Canadian was trying it on, the officer pulled a small pistol and shot him.
Raymond was with the Black Watch. Some days they were happy to find a piece of bread in the dirt, clean it off and eat it. Towards the end Raymond was a dispatch rider and carried the message to the troops that the war was over and the Armistice had been signed.
Upon return he again worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and is listed in their 1921 "Letters from the Front" which is included in the Canadian Great War Project on-line.
In 1924 Raymond married Mary Ellen Griffiths Coffin, the daughter of a Congregational minister serving in Brome County. His nephew says in his Memoirs that Raymond was one of the handsomest of men and deeply loved by his family.
According to Miller family records the couple is buried in the Coffin family plot near her father's church, although Raymond's name is not listed. They had no children.
Raymond was the youngest of nine children of Charles Anson Miller and Clara Lilian Gardner, born in Windsor Mills, Quebec.
His mother never recovered from what today is called postpartum stress disorder leaving Raymond and three girls to be essentially raised by their older sister Delle.
This photo shows Raymond at 18, not long before he volunteered for the army during WWI. When he returned after three years, the family hardly recognised him.
He had two good friends killed right beside him - one from an artillery shell, another after they captured a German officer. The officer gave Raymond's friend a ring. As the Canadian was trying it on, the officer pulled a small pistol and shot him.
Raymond was with the Black Watch. Some days they were happy to find a piece of bread in the dirt, clean it off and eat it. Towards the end Raymond was a dispatch rider and carried the message to the troops that the war was over and the Armistice had been signed.
Upon return he again worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and is listed in their 1921 "Letters from the Front" which is included in the Canadian Great War Project on-line.
In 1924 Raymond married Mary Ellen Griffiths Coffin, the daughter of a Congregational minister serving in Brome County. His nephew says in his Memoirs that Raymond was one of the handsomest of men and deeply loved by his family.
According to Miller family records the couple is buried in the Coffin family plot near her father's church, although Raymond's name is not listed. They had no children.
His mother never recovered from what today is called postpartum stress disorder leaving Raymond and three girls to be essentially raised by their older sister Delle.
This photo shows Raymond at 18, not long before he volunteered for the army during WWI. When he returned after three years, the family hardly recognised him.
He had two good friends killed right beside him - one from an artillery shell, another after they captured a German officer. The officer gave Raymond's friend a ring. As the Canadian was trying it on, the officer pulled a small pistol and shot him.
Raymond was with the Black Watch. Some days they were happy to find a piece of bread in the dirt, clean it off and eat it. Towards the end Raymond was a dispatch rider and carried the message to the troops that the war was over and the Armistice had been signed.
Upon return he again worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and is listed in their 1921 "Letters from the Front" which is included in the Canadian Great War Project on-line.
In 1924 Raymond married Mary Ellen Griffiths Coffin, the daughter of a Congregational minister serving in Brome County. His nephew says in his Memoirs that Raymond was one of the handsomest of men and deeply loved by his family.
According to Miller family records the couple is buried in the Coffin family plot near her father's church, although Raymond's name is not listed. They had no children.
Inscription
J. SHERRAN COFFIN
Born Oct. 25, 1895
Died June 8, 1976
MARY E.G. MILLER COFFIN [Coffin Miller]
Born Sept. 25, 1897
Died April 1, 1991
Gravesite Details
Raymond not listed, wife's brother mistakenly recorded as her husband
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