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Name Ali Haidar No.
VC Issue No. 1329 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 13th Frontier Force Rifles
Later
Now Frontier Force Regiment, Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Sepoy
Rank End Of Career Havildar
Place Of Birth Shahu Village, Kohat, North West Frontier, Pakistan
Place Of Death at his home, Kohat District, Pakistan
Buried/Location Ashes Kohat, Pakistan
Cremated Kohat
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 3 July 1945
VC Presented 30 October 1945 by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Green Park, London
Memorial, on the River Senio, Fusignano, Ravenna, Italy
By The Way…
He was the only Pathan to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 21 August 1913
DIED 15 July 1999 AGE 85
VC Won 9 April 1945 AGE 31
Place VC Won near Fusignano, Italy
War/Campaign Second World War
