Charles Mullins (VC)
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Major Charles Herbert Mullins (28 June 1869 – 24 May 1916)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Mullins was 30 years old, and a captain in the Imperial Light Horse (Natal) during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at the Battle of Elandslaagte for which he and Captain Robert Johnston were awarded the VC. Template:Quote
Mullins returned to the United Kingdom and received the VC from King Edward VII during an investiture at Marlborough House 25 July 1901.<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He later achieved the rank of major.
The medal was held by St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa. It was later returned to the family and is now on loan to the Imperial War Museum, London.
Clarles was the son of the Revd Canon Robert John Mullins, and brother to Robert George Mullins, the founder of St. Andrew's Preparatory School in Grahamstown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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- Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- South African recipients of the Victoria Cross
- 1869 births
- 1916 deaths
- Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
- South African Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Imperial Light Horse officers
- People from Makhanda, Eastern Cape
- Military personnel from the Eastern Cape
- Cape Colony military personnel