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VC691 The Reverend Edward Noel Mellish
BORN 24 December 1880
DIED 8 July 1962 AGE 81
VC Won 27-29 March 1916 AGE 35
Place VC Won St. Eloi, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name The Reverend Edward Noel Mellish No.
VC Issue No. 691 Awards VC MC
Regiment Army Chaplain's Department attached 4th Royal Fusiliers
Later
Now Royal Army Chaplains Department
Rank VC Won Captain, Temporary Chaplain
Rank End Of Career Captain, Temporary Chaplain
Place Of Birth Oakleigh Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'The Court House', South Petherton, Somerset, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Dunmow, Essex, England
Cremated Weymouth Crematorium, Quibo Lane, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Date Buried/Cremated 13 July 1962
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Church path
Gazetted 20 April 1916
VC Presented 12 June 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on plaque of incumbents at St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Dunmow, Essex
P Memorial plaque, High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex
P VC plaque at Lewisham Civic Centre, London
P Named on Victoria Cross mural, Lewisham Shopping Centre, Lewisham, s.e. London
Name on honours board, Old Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road, New Cross, S E London
By The Way…
He was the second clergyman to be awarded the VC and first of the First World War
And officiated at the wedding of (525) Sidney Frank Godley VC
VC Held By
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (City of London) Museum, H M Tower of London, London, England
Thank You To The Late Kenneth Grey And The Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade For Information On Their National Memorial Arboretum Garden
