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BORN 26 October 1888
DIED 8 March 1971 AGE 82
VC Won 31 October 1914 AGE 26
Place VC Won Hollebeke, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Khudadad Khan No. 4050
VC Issue No. 551 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis Regiment
Later 10th Baluch Regiment
Now 11th Battalion the Baloch Regiment, Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Sepoy - Private
Rank End Of Career Subadar (2nd Lieutenant)
Place Of Birth Dabb Village, Chakawl, Jhelum District, Punjab, India (Pakistan)
Place Of Death Chak No. 25, Rukhan Tehsil Village, Phalia District, Mandi, Bahu-ud-Din, Pakistan
Buried/Location Ashes Rukhan Village Cemetery, near Chakawl, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 7 December 1914
VC Presented 26 January 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Rukhan Village Cemetery, Dab, Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Statue in gardens of the Army Museum, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
He was the first Indian to be awarded the Victoria Cross
VC Held By
Not known
