Charles John Melliss
(1862-1936)
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Major General Sir Charles John Melliss, VC, KCB, KCMG (12 September 1862 – 6 June 1936) was a British Army officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. A staff officer in the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War, he was captured after the Siege of Kut.
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12 September 1862 Mhow, British India
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| Died |
6 June 1936 (aged 73) Brockenhurst, Kent, England
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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