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BORN 4 March 1883
DIED 24 June 1950 AGE 63
VC Won 23-24 November 1914 AGE 33
Place VC Won Festubert, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Darwan Sing Negi No. 2981-A
VC Issue No. 558 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 39th Garhwal Rifles, 1st Battalion
Later 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
Now The Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army
Rank VC Won Naik
Rank End Of Career Subadar
Place Of Birth Kabartir Village, Karakot, Garhwal, United Provinces, India
Place Of Death Kafarteer Village, Chamoli Garwhal District, United Provinces, India
Buried/Location Ashes Kafarteer Village, Chamoli Garwhal District, United Provinces, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 7 December 1914
VC Presented 5 December 1914 by King George V at General HQ, St Omer, France
Memorials
P Named on memorial gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
Darwan Sing Negi, retired from the army in 1920, with the rank of Subadar or Second Lieutenant
VC Held By
39th Garwhali Rifles Officers Mess, Lansdowne, nr Nagina, Bharat, Northern India