Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sutlej 1845-46, plain reverse exergue, 1 clasp, Sobraon (John Miller) contemporary struck piece with disc set into separate mount, reverse of clasp attached to wide silver bar suspension and fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly very fine £150-200

The only John Miller on the Sutlej medal rolls is a Lieutenant in the 10th Foot, entitled to the medal for Sobraon.

Hart’s Army List for 1871 states: ‘Lt. Colonel Miller served with the 10th Regt. in the Sutlej campaign in 1846, and was present in the battle of Sobraon (Medal). Served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign, and commanded cavalry outposts on the Bashilo River during the storming and capture of Magdala (Mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel, and Medal).’

Ensign 10th Foot, from 77th Foot, 8 November 1842; Lieutenant, 4 June 1845; Captain, 3rd Dragoon Guards, 2 October 1855; Major, 4 August 1863; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 15 August 1868; Lieutenant-Colonel, 13th Hussars, 18 October 1873; Colonel, 27 May 1875; Major-General, 25 July 1883.