A good Waterloo and 1835 dated William IV issue Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal pair to Repository Sergeant J. Millar, Royal Foot Artillery who served in the expedition to Hanover in 1805 and then in the expedition to Holland in 1815 being present as part of Captain Ibert’s Company during the Battle of Waterloo, he would be employed at the Royal Military Repository under Colonel Williamson C.B. for eight years before his discharge, describing him as a most excellent Drill Sergeant.
Pair: Waterloo Medal 1815; (JAMES MILL*R. BOMBARDIER. ROYAL FOOT ARTILLERY.) Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, William IV; (J. MILLAR. REPOSIT. SERJt. ROYAL ARTILLERY 1835). Both with contemporary replacement large silver ball and bar suspension.
Condition: Scuff over the ‘e’ of Miller on the Waterloo Medal. The first with edge-bruising and contact wear, Fine, the second Nearly Very Fine
James Miller or Millar was born in Woolwich, Kent and attested for the Royal Artillery at Greenwich on 29th September 1803 at just 10 years old and served as a Drummer Boy until 1st November 1808 when he was appointed a Gunner and Driver, having earlier taken part in the expedition to Hanover in 1805 He reached the age of 18 on 1st July 1811 and would be promoted to Bombardier and Corporal on 1814.
Subsequently serving in the expedition to Holland in 1815, he would be present at the Battle of Waterloo as part of Captain Ibert’s Company (as Miller on the Royal Mint roll).
He would finally be discharged from the 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 13th January 1835, in consequence of chronic rheumatism and indigestion, his conduct being noted as exemplary.
At his discharge he would produce written testimonials from Colonel Williamson C.B. under whom he had been employed in the Royal Military Repository for the previous eight years, and also Captain Maule. Both officers describing him as a most excellent Drill Sergeant and in every way as a most efficient non-commissioned officer.
