209563 Naik. Nand Singh VC .British India Army 1st Btn. 11th Sikh Regiment from:Bahadurpur, India Nand Singh was 29 years old, and an Acting Naik in the 1/11th Sikh Regiment, in the Indian Army when he was awarded the VC.
On 11th/12th March 1944 on the Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road, Burma, Naik Nand Singh, commanding a leading section of the attack, was ordered to recapture a position gained by the enemy. He led his section up a very steep knife-edged ridge under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and although wounded in the thigh, captured the first trench. He then crawled forward alone and, wounded again in the face and shoulder, nevertheless captured the second and third trenches.
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