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VC1261    Abdul Hafiz

Name   Abdul Hafiz    No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1261   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Indian Army, 9th Jat Infantry

Later    

Now   The Jat Regiment   Indian Army

Rank VC Won    Jemadar

Rank End Of Career   Jemadar

Place Of Birth   Kalanaur Village, Rohtak District, Punjab, India

Place Of Death   Waken Hill, Imphal, India

Buried/Location Ashes   Imphal Indian Army War Cemetery, Manipur State, 1 mile from main Imphal War Cemetery, India

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)     Plot/Grave no.   Plot III, Row Q, Grave 2

Gazetted    27 July 1944

VC Presented   24 October 1944, Viceroy Lord Wavell, Red Fort, New Delhi, India

Memorials

P  Headstone, Imphal Indian Army War Cemetery, Manipur State, 1 mile from main Imphal War Cemetery, India

P  Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Green Park, London

By The Way…

He was the first Muslim to be awarded the Victoria Cross in World War 2

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN    4 September 1915

DIED  6 April 1944   AGE    28

VC Won   6 April 1944   AGE   28

Place VC Won   Waken Hill, Imphal, India

War/Campaign   Second World War