Sujet

Reverend Edward Noel Mellish VC, c1916, (c1920).. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Reverend Edward Noel Mellish VC, c1916, (c1920). Portrait of the 'Fighting Parson' - British army chaplain Noel Mellish (1880-1962), was 'awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing Wounded Men under Fire' at St Eloi in Flanders during the First World War. 'Under continuous and heavy shell and machine-gun fire he brought in ten badly wounded men on the first day, seeming to bear a charmed life. On the second day the battalion to which he was attached was relieved, but he went back and brought in twelve more wounded men'. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume V, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]

Date

1914

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F27_337

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,8Mo (2,7Mo) / 33,6cm x 46,8cm / 3967 x 5530 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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