Deptford, London.
Victoria Cross winner Rev. Edward Noel Mellish returns to Deptford where he is given a hero's welcome. Opens with shot of Lord Mayor standing beside coach; police on horseback in BG. Rev. Mellish gets out; tall; bespectacled; wears an ecclesiastic collar under his army uniform. Following him is a man in a powdered wig.
Next shot of a procession down the street: Mellish; army officers; Lord Mayor; walking down street past crowd; bunch of boys in uniforms with hats turned up like Australians stand at the right. CU Army officer with big white moustache; as they walk by. Shot of Rev. Mellish talking to young soldiers. Mellish; facing camera and speaking; standing with some very young looking boys in soldiers' uniforms with rifles. Pan to Lord Mayor; next to Mellish. Celebration. World War One; honours; decorations. Religion; military.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1914 - 1918
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 71279
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1850.04
- 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
- Sort Number:
- ON 011 D
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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
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).
British Pathé says
Thanks.