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BORN 15 December 1889
DIED 3 October 1956 AGE 66
VC Won 25 September 1915 AGE 26
Place VC Won Pietre, Fauquissart, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Kulbir Thapa No. 2129
VC Issue No. 654 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, 2nd Battalion
Later 3rd Queen Alexandras Own Gurkha Rifles
Now 3rd Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army
Rank VC Won Rifleman
Rank End Of Career Havildar (Sergeant)
Place Of Birth Nigalpani, Palpa District, Nepal
Place Of Death Nigalpani, Palpa District, Nepal
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Nigalpani, Nepal
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 November 1915
VC Presented
Memorials
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London
The Kulbir Thapa VC residetial home, Kaski, western Nepal
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
The residential home was built by the Gurkha welfare trust for elderly Gurkha veterans and their widows
VC Held By
Gurkha Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
