209553 Naik. Gian Singh British Indian Army 15th Punjab Regiment from:India Gian Singh was born in Sahabpur, a village in the Nawanshahr district of eastern Punjab. He was a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment, when he was awarded the VC. "On 2 March 1945 on the road between Kamye and Myingyan, Burma (now Myanmar), where the Japanese were strongly positioned, Naik Gian Singh who was in charge of the leading section of his platoon, went on alone firing his tommy gun, and rushed the enemy foxholes. In spite of being wounded in the arm he went on, hurling grenades. He attacked and killed the crew of a cleverly concealed anti-tank gun, and then led his men down a lane clearing all enemy positions. He went on leading his section until the action had been satisfactorily completed."
Singh was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George VI, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 1945.
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