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VC686   Lala

BORN   20 April 1876

DIED   23 March 1927   AGE   50

VC Won   21 January 1916   AGE   39

Place VC Won   El Orah, Mesopotamia, now Iraq

War/Campaign   First World War 1916

Name   Lala   No.   501   

VC Issue No.   686   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Indian Army, 41st Dogra Regiment

Later   17th Dogra Regiment

Now   The Dogra Regiment Indian Army

Rank VC Won   Lance-Naik

Rank End Of Career   Jemadar (First Lieutenant)

Place Of Birth   Parol Village, Hamirpur, near Jullundar, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh Province, India

Place Of Death   Parol Village, Hamirpur, nr Jullundar, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh Province, India

Buried/Location Ashes   Parol Village, Hamirpur, near Jullundar, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh Province, India

Cremated   Parol Village, Hamirpur, nr Jullundar, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh Province, India

Date Buried/Cremated   23 March 1927

Headstone   Ashes   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   13 May 1916

VC Presented   

Memorials

P  Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

By The Way…

His original VC was lost, a replacement was given to him in April 1924

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