Month: September 2018

OW Charles Melliss Victoria Cross Anniversary

30 September 2018

30th September marks the anniversary of the action in 1900 for which Old Wellingtonian Charles Melliss was awarded the Victoria Cross. The son of a high-ranking Indian Army officer, Charles was a student in the Hill at Wellington from 1876 to 1879. After going to Sandhurst he too entered the Indian Army, and served in […]

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OW Alexander Buller Turner Victoria Cross Anniversary

28 September 2018

28th September marks the anniversary of the action in 1915 for which Old Wellingtonian Alexander Buller Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross. Alexander was in the Hopetoun from 1906 to 1908. He joined the Army just a few weeks after the outbreak of the First World War, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with […]

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Anniversary of the largest single loss of life by Old Wellingtonians during the First World War

25 September 2018

Today, 25th September, marks the anniversary of the largest single loss of life by Old Wellingtonians during the First World War. No fewer than fifteen Wellingtonians were killed on 25th September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos, while another died two weeks later from wounds received on the 25th. This total exceeds […]

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