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VC1300    Ram Sarup Singh

Name   Ram Sarup Singh    No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1300   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Indian Army, 1st Punjab Regiment

Later    

Now   

Rank VC Won   Acting Subadar

Rank End Of Career   Acting Subadar

Place Of Birth   Kheri, Patiala, India

Place Of Death   Kennedy Peak, Tiddim Area, Burma (now Myanmar)

Buried/Location Ashes    Location Unknown, Burma (now Myanmar)

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone        Plot/Grave no.  

Gazetted    8 February 1945

VC Presented   1 April 1945, Viceroy Lord Wavell, Red Fort, New Delhi, India

Memorials

P  Named on Rangoon Memorial (face 30), 20 miles north of Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar)

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

P  Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London

By The Way…

Name shown as Ram Swarup Singh on Rangoon Memorial

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN    12 April 1919

DIED   25 October 1944   AGE    25

VC Won  25 October 1944  AGE   25

Place VC Won   Tiddim Area, Burma (now Myanmar)

War/Campaign   Second World War