6 June 1936(1936-06-06) (aged 73) Brockenhurst, Kent, England
Buried
St. Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Indian Army
Rank
Major General
Unit
Indian Staff Corps
Commands held
53rd Sikhs (1906–10)
Battles/wars
Tirah Campaign War of the Golden Stool First World War
Awards
Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar Croix de guerre (France)
Major General Sir Charles John Melliss, VC, KCB, KCMG (12 September 1862 – 6 June 1936) was a British 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 of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. A staff officer in the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War, he was captured after the Siege of Kut.
Major General Sir Charles John Melliss, VC, KCB, KCMG (12 September 1862 – 6 June 1936) was a British Army officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
John CharlesMelliss (23 January 1835 – 23 August 1910) was a British engineer and amateur naturalist. He was born on the island of St Helena in the South...
The silver eel (Ariosoma mellissii), also known as the Melliss's conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Albert...
General CharlesMelliss, sent the 7th Hariana Lancers and later the 104th Wellesley's Rifles to attack the Arabs, but those attacks were failures. Melliss then...
the Falkland Islands in 1914, for which he was made a baronet Sir CharlesMelliss VC (d. 1936), First World War general Arthur Cocks (d.1944), first-class...
2000) Battle of Shaiba — British soldiers under command of General CharlesMelliss repelled a night attack by Ottoman forces and routed many of the Arab...
which is a medal for two actions; Noel Chavasse, Arthur Martin-Leake and Charles Upham. Chavasse received both medals for actions in the First World War...
officers were gazetted to the "Indian Army". Guy Boisragon Charles Grant Francis Maxwell CharlesMelliss John Smith Glossary of terms: Staff Corps Indian Cavalry...
0011st Bengal Fusiliers 1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857 Delhi, India CharlesMelliss Indian Staff Corps 1900 Third Ashanti Expedition Obassa, Ashanti Godfrey...
1788–1875. Cambridge University Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-107-04308-4. Melliss, John Charles (1875). St. Helena: A Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description...
in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was last seen by naturalist John CharlesMelliss in 1872. William Roxburgh recorded it in the thick forests on the south...
the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in John CharlesMelliss's 1875 book. It is found on Saint Helena. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014)...
Saint Helena. It was named by Joseph Dalton Hooker in honour of John CharlesMelliss, a 19th-century engineer and amateur naturalist who worked on Saint...
The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss, by Melliss, John Charles. Original held and digitised by the British Library Lambdon...
1857; Lucknow, India Eric Archibald McNair – 1916; Hooge, Belgium Charles John Melliss – 1900; Obassa, Ashanti (now Ghana) George Raymond Dallas Moor –...
(1864–1948) Third Ashanti Expedition Captain Charles John Melliss, VC (later to become Major General Sir Charles John Melliss VC, KCB, KCMG) (1862–1936) Second Somaliland...
assault.[citation needed] Following the storming of the town, Captain Charles John Melliss was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the attack. Ashanti...
Brigadier-General Sir William Hope Meiklejohn Major-General Sir Charles John Melliss Brigadier-General Sir James Gilbert Shaw Mellor Major-General Sir...
The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss, by MELLISS, John Charles. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Lambdon...
The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss, by MELLISS, John Charles. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Candolle...
St Helena, Pisces Publications, Newbury, UK, 2012, ISBN 9781874357520 Melliss, John C. M., St Helena: A Physical, Historical and Topographical Description...
Mathews, Gregory M(acalister). Birds of Australia (vols. 1–4). Melliss, John Charles. St. Helena: A Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description...
of Kapurthala. Richard Udny CSI, Indian Civil Service. Colonel Howard Melliss CSI, Inspector-General of Imperial Service Troops. William Lee-Warner,...
men on the left flank of a major attack. On the right was Major Charles John Melliss, who was to be awarded the VC in this campaign. In the next despatch...
A potted history of the flora of St Helena and its conservation Melliss, John Charles (1875). St Helena. Reeve, London. Philip and Myrtle Ashmole (2000)...
Atlantic 'Robinson Crusoe' (Winchester: George Mann Publications, 2007) Melliss, J. C., St Helena: A Physical, Historical and Topographical Description...
of Kapurthala. Richard Udny CSI, Indian Civil Service. Colonel Howard Melliss CSI, Inspector-General of Imperial Service Troops. Hugh Shakespear Barnes...
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