Alfred Douglas Miller

Brigadier-General Alfred Douglas Miller CBE DSO (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. With the outbreak of the Second Boer War he was chief staff officer to Sir John French, and was promoted major on 20 February 1902.[1] For his service in the war, he was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902[2]), and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), among other decorations. 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.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[4]

Miller married Ella Fletcher in 1899, and they had five children. He died in England on 5 December 1933.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27416. p. 1812. 14 March 1902.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27443. pp. 3967–3974. 17 June 1902.
  3. 1 2 "General A.D. Miller is dead in England". New York Times. 6 December 1933. p. 23.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31097. p. 83. 1 January 1919.
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