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L/Daffadar Gobind Singh

28th Light Cavalry

Date of Action: 1 February 1917

Place of Action: east of Peizieres, France

Date and Place of Birth:

CITATION

Lance Dafadar Gobind Singh of Indian Cavalry was awarded the Victoria Cross "for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 1st February 1917, east of Pozieres, France, in thrice volunteering to carry messages between the regiment and Brigade Headquarters, a distance of 1-1/2 miles over open ground which was under the observation and heavy fire of the enemy. He succeeded each time in delivering the message, although on each occasion his horse was shot and he was compelled to finish his journey on foot." (London Gazette, 11 January 1918)

Invested with the cross by the King at Buckingham Palace, London.

A link to Gobind Singh on Mike Chapman's VC pages.