Frederick Miller (VC)
Template:Short description Template:Moresources Template:Other people Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox military person 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.
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.
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.
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- Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie
- British Army personnel of the Crimean War
- Royal Artillery officers
- People from Stratford-on-Avon District
- 1831 births
- 1874 deaths
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Military personnel from Warwickshire
- Lieutenant colonels