Sir George Bryan Milman | |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1822 |
Death Date: | 28 January 1915 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Battles: | Indian Rebellion |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir (George) Bryan Milman (30 December 1822 – 28 January 1915) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers. His daughter was the writer Lena Milman.[1]
Milman was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot on 24 May 1839. As a captain he saw action as a member of the advance guard in the first relief of Lucknow in September 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.[2] In retirement became major of the Tower of London in 1870 and colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1899.[3]
He was the recipient of the Gold Medal from the Royal Humane Society for swimming ashore to seek assistance for 5 fellow officers after their boat capsized in bad weather.[4] [5]