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VC434 Sir Charles John Melliss
BORN 12 September 1862
DIED 6 June 1936 AGE 73
VC Won 30 September 1900 AGE 38
Place VC Won Obassa, West Africa
War/Campaign Fifth Ashanti War
Name Sir Charles John Melliss No.
VC Issue No. 434 Awards VC KCB KCMG
Regiment Indian Staff Corps attached to the West African Field Force
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major - General
Place Of Birth Mhow, India
Place Of Death Camberley, Surrey, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Peter's Churchyard, 2 Frimley Green Road, Frimley, Surrey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 15 January 1901
VC Presented 12 October 1901 by King Edward VII at St James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Peter's Churchyard, 2 Frimley Green Road, Frimley, Surrey
Plaque in Sanctum Crypt, St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London
P Named on oak panel, Victoria Cross memorial, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire
P Named on wall, Victoria Cross memorial, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire
By The Way…
One of 15 old Wellingtonians to win the Victoria Cross
VC Held By
Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
Thank you to Jill Shepherd, librarian and archivist at Wellington College
