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Miller was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
 
Miller was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
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Miller was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1903.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27572/pages/4187 no. 27572.  p. 4187.]  3 July, 1903.</ref>
  
 
Miller was appointed to command [[H.M.S. Hawke (1891)|H.M.S. ''Hawke'']] on 9 July, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 June, 1905.  Issue '''37745''', col F, pg. 12.</ref>
 
Miller was appointed to command [[H.M.S. Hawke (1891)|H.M.S. ''Hawke'']] on 9 July, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 June, 1905.  Issue '''37745''', col F, pg. 12.</ref>

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Admiral Francis Spurstow Miller, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (25 November, 1863 – 6 February, 1954) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Miller was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.[1]

Captain

Miller was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1903.[2]

Miller was appointed to command H.M.S. Hawke on 9 July, 1905.[3]

Great War

On 8 August, 1914, Miller was appointed Rear-Admiral at Scapa Flow.[4]

On 18 May, 1917 Miller was appointed to take charge of the northern division of the naval command in Ireland, taking pressure off the leadership in Queenstown.[5] Miller was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 September, 1918.[6] His title at the close of hostilities was Vice-Admiral, Buncrana, and in charge of the Northern Division of the Irish Command.[7]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 29 January, 1920.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27572. p. 4187. 3 July, 1903.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 June, 1905. Issue 37745, col F, pg. 12.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (March, 1915). p. 4.
  5. ↑ Newbolt. Naval Operations. V. p. 35.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30887. p. 10549. 6 September, 1918.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31791. p. 2189. 24 February, 1920.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral F. S. Miller" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 8 February, 1954. Issue 52850, col E, pg. 8.
  • Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..

Service Records

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