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Name Richhpal Ram No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1176 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 6th Rajputana Rifles, 4th Battalion
Later
Now Rajputana Rifles Indian Army
Rank VC Won Subadar
Rank End Of Career Subadar
Place Of Birth Barda, Patiala State, Rajputana, India
Place Of Death Near Keren, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)
Buried/Location Ashes Cremated near Keren, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), State of Eritrea, Ethiopia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 4 July 1941
VC Presented 10 November 1941, Viceroy Lord Linlithgow, Red Fort, New Delhi, India
Memorials
Named on Keren Cremation Memorial (column 5), 60 miles west of Asmara, Ethiopia
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Green Park, London
By The Way…
VC Held By
Unknown
BORN 20 August 1899
DIED 12 February 1941 AGE 41
VC Won 7 February 1941 AGE 41
Place VC Won Keren, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)
War/Campaign Second World War