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BORN 1 July 1879
DIED 28 July 1947 AGE 68
VC Won 12-13 April 1916 AGE 36
Place VC Won Beit-Ayeesa, Mesopotamia, now Iraq
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Shahamad Khan No. 1605
VC Issue No. 697 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 89th Punjab Regiment
Later 8th Punjab Regiment
Now 1st Battalion The Baloch Regiment, Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Naik (Corporal)
Rank End Of Career Jemadar (First Lieutenant)
Place Of Birth Takhti, Rawalpindi, Tehsil District, Pakistan
Place Of Death Takhti, Rawalpindi, Tehsil District, Pakistan
Buried/Location Ashes Takhti Village Cemetery, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 September 1916
VC Presented 13 November 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, 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…
Correct name Shahmad Khan appears in later records
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
