Frederick Miller (VC)

For other people named Frederick Miller, see Frederick Miller (disambiguation).

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Miller VC (10 November 1831 – 17 February 1874) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Frederick Miller
Depiction of the battle of Inkerman
Born	(1831-11-10)10 November 1831 Radway-under-Edge Hill, Warwickshire
Died	17 February 1874(1874-02-17) (aged 42) Cape Town, South Africa
Buried	Garden of Remembrance Observatory
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Royal Artillery
Battles / wars	Crimean War
Awards	Victoria Cross Légion d'Honneur (France) Order of Medjidie (Ottoman Empire)

Details

Miller was 22 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place at the Battle of Inkerman for which he was awarded the VC.

For having, at the battle of Inkermann, personally attacked three Russians, and with the gunners of his Division of the Battery, prevented the Russians from doing mischief to the guns which they had surrounded. Part of a Regiment of English infantry had previously retired through the Battery in front of this body of Russians.

Further information

He later achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.

References

• VC sale