Brigadier Robert George William Melsome MBE (16 January 1906 – 3 November 1991) was a senior British Army officer and English cricketer.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1925 and 1934.
[2] He also played first-class cricket for the Army and Combined Services in addition to international matches for Egypt and Nigeria.
[11] After the war he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 14 November 1946 for his actions as a POW, the recommendation for the award describes how he was held at Oflag VI-B and Oflag VII-B where he worked on the escape committee and other organisations set up by the POWs, and between October 1942 and February 1945 he managed to establish contact with the War Office and transmit various pieces of useful secret information.
His work was also highly commended by Major General Sir Victor Fortune and other senior officers.