Miers, Anthony Cecil Capel
- Date of birth:
- November 11th, 1906 (Birchwood/Inverness, Scotland)
- Date of death:
- June 30th, 1985 (Birchwood/Inverness, Scotland)
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
Military career:
1930: Lieutenant
1938: Lieutenant Commander
1941: Commander
?: Rear Admiral
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King George VI Coronation Medal
- Awarded on:
- 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Torbay (N79), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Torbay (N79), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Torbay (N79), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- April 7th, 1942
Second award received as bar.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Torbay (N79), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- July 7th, 1942
"For valour in command of H.M. Submarine Torbay in a daring and successful raid on shipping in a defended enemy harbour, planned with full knowledge of the great hazards to be expected'during seventeen hours in waters closely patrolled by the enemy. On arriving in the harbour he had to charge his batteries lying on the surface in full moonlight, under the guns of the enemy. As he could not see his target he waited several hours and attacked in full daylight in a glassy calm. When he had fired his torpedoes he was heavily 'counter-attacked and had to withdraw through a long channel'with anti-submarine craft all round and continuous air patrols overhead."
Commander Miers’s Victoria Cross is publicly displayed at the Imperial War Museum, London, Great Britain.
Later became Sir Anthony and was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
Sir Anthony Cecil Capel Miers is buried at the Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness, Scotland.
Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- May 28th, 1946
For distinguished service to the Allied cause throughout the war.
- Awarded on:
- 1958
- Awarded on:
- 1959
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1953
- Awarded on:
- 1977
Sources
- - Page 2560 | Supplement 37582, 24 May 1946 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - published by This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- Special thanks to Iain Stewart from The History of the Victoria Cross - Badge of a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division) & KBE (OMD 2914)
- victoriacross.org.uk
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