Awards & Winners

Charles Melliss

Date of Birth 12-September-1862
Place of Birth Mhow
(India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, Punjab, Indore district)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Major General Sir Charles John Melliss VC, CB, CMG was a British military officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Melliss was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious 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 World War I, he was captured after the Siege of Kut.

Awards by Charles Melliss

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1900


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 30 September 1900, as Captain of the Indian Staff Corps during the Third Ashanti Expedition.)