Alfred Douglas Miller

Brigadier-General Alfred Douglas Miller CBE DSO (1 March 1864 − 5 December 1933) was a British army officer.

Biography

Miller was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) on 7 February 1885, and was promoted to the rank of captain on 28 June 1893. He was adjutant of the Royal Scots Greys from 1896 to 1900.[1] With the outbreak of the Second Boer War he was chief staff officer to Sir John French, and on 24 December 1901 he was appointed a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff in South Africa.[2] He was promoted major on 20 February 1902.[3] For his service in the war, he was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902[4]), and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in the South Africa Honours list published on 26 June 1902.[5]

He led the 2nd Dragoon Regiment (Royal Scots Grey) from 1907 to 1911, as a lieutenant colonel, was promoted to colonel in 1911, and ultimately reached the rank of brigadier-general.[6] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[7]

Miller married Ella Fletcher in 1899, and they had five children. He died in England on 5 December 1933.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hart´s Army list, 1903
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27456. p. 4674. 22 July 1902.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27416. p. 1812. 14 March 1902.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27443. pp. 3967–3974. 17 June 1902.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. pp. 4191–4192. 26 June 1902.
  6. 1 2 "General A.D. Miller is dead in England". New York Times. 6 December 1933. p. 23.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31097. p. 83. 1 January 1919.
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