Manuscript note by the Royal Humane Society relating to an incident on board the SS 'Sokoto' off Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, on 11 May 1899, when a sailor, F Taylor, went overboard and was recused by a group of sailors and soldiers: Seamen Andrew Price and Charles Horne, Capt Charles Melliss, Indian Staff Corps, and A J Langley, Royal Rifle Company; an action for which they were each awarded the Society’s bronze medal. Melliss played a leading part, diving into the shark-infested waters to rescue Taylor, 1899.
From a collection of papers relating to Maj Gen Sir Charles John Melliss VC (1862-1936).