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BORN 3 December 1874
DIED 19 January 1945 AGE 70
VC Won 26 April 1915 AGE 40
Place VC Won St Jean, near Ypres, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Mir Dast No.
VC Issue No. 603 Awards VC IOM
Regiment Indian Army, 55th (Coke's) Rifles, Frontier Force attached to the 57th (Wilde's) Rifles, Frontier Force
Later
Now 7th Battalion, The Frontier Force Regiment, Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Jemada (Lieutenant)
Rank End Of Career Subadar (Captain)
Place Of Birth Maiden, Tirah, India
Place Of Death Shagi Landi Kyan Village, Tehsil District, Peshawar, Pakistan
Buried/Location Ashes Warsak Road Cemetery, Shagi Landi Kyan, Tehsil District, Peshawar, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 29 June 1915
VC Presented 25 August 1915 by King George V at the Indian Hospital, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Sussex, England
Memorials
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 treated for his wounds that he received in his VC action at the Indian Hospital, Brighton Pavilion
VC Held By
Not known
