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
- ^ Hart´s Army list, 1903
- ^ "No. 27456". The London Gazette. 22 July 1902.
- ^ "No. 27416". The London Gazette. 14 March 1902.
- ^ "No. 27443". The London Gazette. 17 June 1902.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 26 June 1902. - ^ a b "General A.D. Miller is dead in England". New York Times. 6 December 1933. p. 23.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "No. 31097". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 1 January 1919.