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
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…for which he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) later that year. In January 1912 he succeeded Brigadier-General Charles Melliss as a brigadier-general, general staff (BGGS). Cox's next post was as commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade at Rawalpindi. He was appointed Companion…
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 India, sometime in 1910.