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VC197 James William Miller
BORN 1820
DIED 12 June 1892 AGE 72
VC Won 28 October 1857 AGE 37
Place VC Won Sikra, near Agra
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name James William Miller No.
VC Issue No. 197 Awards VC
Regiment Bengal Ordnance Department
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Conductor
Rank End Of Career Honorary Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place Of Death Simla, India
Buried/Location Ashes Christ Church Churchyard, Mall Road, Simla (Shimla), Himachel Pradesh, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 12 June 1892
Headstone Unmarked grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 25 February 1862
VC Presented 1862, India
Memorials
P Glasgow Victoria Cross memorial, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow (Not named)
By The Way…
Burial register shows him as a Major on retired list
VC Held By
Not known - believed stolen
Thank you to Michael, Kate & Ruth Pagan for photos in Glasgow
