The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. A. Miller, 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Captain, Essex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (962 Pte. J. A. Miller, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J. A. Miller. Essex R.) minor edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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John Austin Miller joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1896 and served in South Africa with No. 1 Company, Mounted Infantry, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 7 November 1914 and served in Gallipoli, attached to the 3rd Battalion, from 8 August 1915. He was appointed Adjutant on 26 November 1915, promoted Temporary Captain on 6 December 1915, and Captain on 16 December 1916. After the war he returned to live in South Woodford, Essex, finding civil employment as a stock jobber’s clerk but died on 3 April 1920.