James Miller (VC 1857)

James Miller VC (1820- 12 June 1892) was a Scottish 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

He was about 37 years old, and a Conductor in the Bengal Ordnance Depot, Bengal Army during the Indian rebellion of 1857 when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 28 October 1857 at Futtehpore, Sikra, near Agra, India, Conductor Miller at great personal risk, went to the assistance of a wounded officer and carried him out of action. He himself was subsequently wounded. The VC award was gazetted on 25 February 1862, after a long delay in obtaining the application for the medal from his senior officers.

He later achieved the rank of Hon. Lieutenant, retired from the Gun Carriage Agency on 10 August 1882 as an honorary Major, and died in Simla on 12 June 1892.

References

*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)