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Charles Melliss
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Major-General Sir Charles John Melliss, was a British Indian 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 o
Charles John Melliss, VC, Ashanti Campaign.
Charles John Melliss, VC, Ashanti Campaign.
Seated in the centre, wearing his VC, is Lieutenant Colonel Charles Melliss, CO 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), and a group of officers, pictured here in
Seated in the centre, wearing his VC, is Lieutenant Colonel Charles Melliss, CO 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), and a group of officers, pictured here in India, sometime in 1910.
Battle of Shaiba
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The Battle of Shaiba took place during World War I fought between British and Ottoman forces, the latter trying to retake the city of Basra from the British.
Charles Melliss
…British Indian Army as it moved into what was then the Ottoman province of Basra in 1914. In April 1915, he was instrumental in the British victory at Shaiba. Melliss also fought in the Battle of Ctesiphon, the furthest up the Tigris that the 6th Division would advance. After Ctesiphon, General Townshend…
British offensive into Southern Mesopotamia, 1915.
British offensive into Southern Mesopotamia, 1915.