Hon Captain Gaje Ghale VC - 2nd Bn, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: INDIA ( NAMES G to M )

Name GAJE GHALE GANJU LAMA GIAN SINGH Peter,
GILL
Rank Hon. Captain Subadar Hon Subadar Major Lieutenant
Force 2nd Bn, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles 1st Bn, 7th Gurkha Rifles 4th Bn, 15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army Ludihana Regiment, Indian Army
VC won Basha East Hill, Burma,
24 - 27 May 1943		 Ninthoukhong, Burma,
12 June 1944		 Myingyan Road, Burma,
2 March 1945		 Benares, Indian Mutiny,
4 June 1857
London Gaz 30 September 1943 7 September 1944 22 May 1945 23 August 1858
Born Barabak Village, Nepal Sangmo, Sikkim, India,
22 July 1924		 Sahabpur Village, Punjab, India,
5 October 1920		 St Paul's Parish, Dublin,
February 1816
Died 28 March 2000,
New Delhi, India		 1 July 2000,
Sangmo, Sikkim, India		 6 October 1996,
Nawashahr, India		 24 October 1868,
Morar, India
Grave Cremated Almoda, Dehradun Cremated Sangmo Cremated Jalandhar Cantt Artillery Lines Cemetery, Gwalior,
( grave not marked )
Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Gurkha Museum, Winchester Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks None None None None

INDIA ( G to M )

Name GOBIND SINGH John Pennington,
HARMAN		 Hastings Edward,
HARINGTON		 Henry,
HARTIGAN
Rank Jemadar Lance Corporal Captain Lieutenant
Force 28th Light Cavalry
( att'd 2nd Lancers ( Gardner's Horse ))		 4th Bn, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Bengal Artillery 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers
VC won Peizieres, France,
1 December 1917		 Kohima, India,
8 - 9 April 1944		 Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
14 - 22 November 1857 *		 Agra, Indian Mutiny,
8 June 1857
London Gaz 11 January 1918 22 June 1944 24 December 1858 19 June 1860
Born Damoi Village, Jodhpur, India,
7 December 1887		 Beckenham, Kent,
20 July 1914		 Hinton Parva, Wiltshire,
9 November 1832		 Drumlea, Co Fermanagh,
March 1826
Died 9 December 1942,
Nagaur, Rajputana, India		 9 April 1944,
Kohima, India		 20 July 1861,
Agra, India		 29 October 1886,
Calcutta, India
Grave Cremated Damoi Village Kohima War Cemetery
( image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )		 Agra Cemetery
( image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )		 Barrackpore New Cemetery,
( grave not marked )
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum, Maidstone Not publicly held Not publicly held
Remarks None None * Elected by the regiment None

INDIA ( G to M )

Name David,
HAWKES		 Samuel,
HILL		 Duncan Charles,
HOME		 ISHAR SINGH
Rank Private Sergeant Lieutenant Subadar
Force 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade 90th Perthshire Light Infantry,
( Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ))		 Corps of Bengal Engineers 28th Punjabis, Indian Army
VC won Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
11 March 1858		 Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 - 17 November 1857 *		 Kashmir Gate, Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
14 September 1857		 Waziristan, NW Frontier,
10 April 1921
London Gaz 24 December 1858 24 December 1858 18 June 1858 25 November 1921
Born Witham, Essex,
1822		 Glenavy, Co Antrim,
1826		 Jubbelpore, India,
10 June 1828		 Nenwan, Punjab, India,
30 December 1895
Died 14 August 1858,
Fyzabad, India		 21 February 1863,
Meerut, India		 1 October 1857,
Malagarh, India *		 2 December 1963,
Nenwan, India
Grave Burial location unknown St John's Cemetery, Meerut,
( grave not marked )		 Bilaspur Cemetery, Bulandshahr, Nr Aligarh,
( large tomb )		 Cremated Panam Village, Punjab
Location
of VC		 The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks None * Elected by the regiment * Killed whilst laying a mine None

INDIA ( G to M )

Name Hanson Chambers Taylor,
JARRETT		 KAMAL RAM James,
KENNY		 LALA
Rank Colonel Hon Major Private Jemadar
Force 20th Punjab Infantry
( ex - 26th Bengal Native Infantry )		 3rd Bn, 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army 53rd Regiment,
( King's Shropshire Light Infantry )		 41st Dogras
VC won Baroun Village, Indian Mutiny,
14 October 1858		 Monte Cassino, Italy,
12 May 1944		 Secundra Bagh, Lucknow,
16 November 1857		 El Orah, Mesopotamia ( Iraq ),
21 January 1916
London Gaz 18 June 1859 27 July 1944 24 December 1858 13 May 1916
Born Madras, India,
22 March 1839		 Bholupura Village, India,
17 December 1924		 Dublin,
1824		 Parol, Himachal Pradesh, India,
20 April 1876
Died 11 April 1891,
Saugor, India		 1 July 1982,
Bholupura Village, India		 2 October 1862,
Mooltan, India		 23 March 1927,
Parol, India
Grave Saugor New Cemetery,
( headstone may not now exist )		 Cremated Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan Mooltan Cemetery,
( grave not marked )		 Cremated Parol Village
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Not publicly held Not publicly held
Remarks None None None None

INDIA ( G to M )

Name Patrick,
MAHONEY		 Peter,
MCMANUS		 James William,
MILLER
Rank Sergeant Sergeant Hon Lieutenant
Force 1st Madras ( European ) Fusiliers,
( Royal Dublin Fusiliers )		 5th Regiment,
( Northumberland Fusiliers )		 Bengal Ordnance Department
VC won Mungalwar, Indian Mutiny,
21 September 1857		 Defence of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
26 September 1857		 Sikra, Agra, Indian Mutiny,
28 October 1857
London Gaz 18 June 1858 18 June 1858 25 February 1862
Born Waterford, Co Waterford,
1827		 Tynan, Co Armagh,
March 1829		 Glasgow,
1820
Died 30 October 1857,
Alum Bagh, Lucknow, India		 27 April 1859,
Allahabad, India *		 12 June 1892,
Simla, India
Grave Burial location unknown Probably buried in a mass grave in Allahabad Simla Churchyard,
( grave not marked )
Location
of VC		 British Library, London Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, Alnwick Castle Not publicly held
Remarks None * Died of smallpox None

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