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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 583

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Ensign. J. Miller. 27th. Bengal N.I.), nearly extremely fine

Major-General James Miller, born October 1835, the son of John Miller, Esq., and the grandson of Sir William Miller, 2nd Baronet; educated at Edinburgh Academy and Addiscombe; Commissioned Ensign, 27th Bengal Native Infantry, June 1855, and served with the 27th N.I. and 16th Punjab Infantry during the Indian Mutiny; promoted Lieutenant, September 1857; served in the Bengal Saff Corps, and 28th Punjab Infantry; promoted Captain, June 1867; appointed Squadron Officer, 1 Central India Horse; promoted Major, June 1875; appointed Second in Command and Wing Commander, Malwa Bheel Corps and Bhopal Battalion; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, June 1881; Colonel, June 1885; Major-General, November 1886; died, 20.3.1929. At the time of his death, General Miller was one of the last, if not the last, surviving veterans of the Indian Mutiny.

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