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Naik Gian Singh

15th Punjab Regiment
(later, JC-5659 Jemadar, 5th Sikh Regiment)

Date of Action: 2 March 1945

Place of Action: Kamye-Myingyan road, Burma

Date and Place of Birth:  5 October 1920; V. Sahabpur, Nawashahr, Jullundur, Punjab; son of Fakir Singh

Enrolled:  5 October 1937

Retired: As Subedar Major and Honorary Captain, 5th Sikh Regiment; died 6 October 1996

CITATION

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London Gazette, 22 May 1945

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

The picture to the picture to teh left was taken ca. 1991. It is interesting to note the somewhat idiosyncratic order of medal mounting which he displays: Sainya Seva Medal (India, no medal), VC, Indian Independence Meda 1947l, 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, War Medal 1939-45, Indian Service Medal, Coronation 1952 (?, no medal).

He died 6 October 1996, in Jullundur, Punjab, India. His obituary was published in The Times (London) on 16 October 1996.