NAM.1965-09-40-1

Lieutenant-Colonel William Miller (1785-1815), 1st Foot Guards, in civilian dress, 1814 (c). Silhouette portrait in pen and ink and watercolour on card, artist unknown, 1814 (c). In profile to right, shoulder-length silhouette painted against a plain card background. The figure is depicted in civilian dress and is identified by a note verso. In a black-painted wooden frame. William Miller was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards in 1803. He was promoted lieutenant and captain in 1806, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Promoted captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1814, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815. Lieutenant-Colonel Miller made a last request 'to see the colours of the Regiment before I quit them for ever', which was fulfilled before he died in Brussels the following day.

Quatre Bras, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)