Frederick Miller | |
Birth Date: | 1831 11, df=y |
Birth Place: | Radway-under-Edge Hill, Warwickshire |
Death Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Placeofburial: | Garden of Remembrance Observatory |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Unit: | Royal Artillery |
Battles: | Crimean War |
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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.
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.
He later achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.