Miers successfully attacked two store ships present in the roadstead and then brought Torbay safely back to the open sea. The submarine endured 40 depth charges and had been in closely patrolled enemy waters for seventeen hours. The citation in the London Gazette'' read: His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London. From December 1942 Miers served as submarine liaison officer to the American Pacific Fleet, and was later made a commander of the US Legion of Merit. From July 1944 he was Commander (Submarines) of the 8th Submarine Flotilla in the Far East based at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and later Fremantle, Australia. Post war Miers remained in the navy after the war, and was promoted to captain in December 1946. He was commanding officer of the naval establishments and then HMS Blackcap, a Fleet Air Arm station (1948–50), and the 1st submarine squadron (1950–52), and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1952–4). He commanded the aircraft carrier for a year from 9 December 1954. He was promoted to rear admiral in January 1956, and became Flag Officer, Middle East, until his retirement in August 1959. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1958, and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1959. Miers served for many years as the national president of the Submarine Old Comrades' Association. He died at his home in Roehampton, London, on 30 June 1985. He is buried at Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness, Scotland, in the Roman Catholic Section. Notes References External links The Papers of Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony Miers held at Churchill Archives Centre British World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross British World War II crimes Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit Royal Navy rear admirals Royal Navy submarine commanders Royal Navy officers of World War II People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire 1906 births Military personnel from Inverness 1985 deaths Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross Companions of the Distinguished Service Order People educated at Stubbington House School People educated at Edinburgh Academy