Victoria Cross winner Rev. Edward Noel Mellish returns to Deptford where he is given a hero's welcome.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 1850.04
- Media URN:
- 71279
- Group:
- Old negatives
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1914 - 1918
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:00:56:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:02:05:00 / 01:03:01:00
- Canister:
- ON 011 D aka G 0379 B
jamied says
"E Noel Mellish" is Edward Noel Mellish.
As well as being awarded the Victoria Cross he also won a Military Cross.
Mr Mellish was the first member of the army chaplaincy to be awarded a Victoria Cross. The actions for which he won the distinction are here.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed
ward_Noel_Mellish
British Pathé says
Thanks.
conijoni says
bunch of boys in uniforms with hats turned up like Australians - these are members of the Incorporated Church Scout Patrols, ICSP, a scouting organisation set up by the Church Lads Brigade for lads of 10 to 15 years of age.
some very young looking boys in soldiers' uniforms with rifles - these are Cadets from the Church Lads Brigade, for older teenage lads.
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Rev Mellish was a CLB Officer before the Great War.
AlanJM says
It looks like the first part of this is shot in Lewisham Way around the junctions with Tanner's Hill & Lucas Street. The second part is definitely outside the old Deptford Town Hall in New Cross Road (near Laurie Grove).