| Birth: | Oct. 26, 1888 | | Death: | Mar. 8, 1971 | 
World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Sepoy in the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchi's, Indian Army. During a German attack at Hollebeke, Belgium, October 31, 1914, Sepoy Khan was in the machine-gun section of his battalion. When the officer in charge of the detachment was wounded, Sepoy Khan, although himself wounded, continued working his gun after all the other five men of the detachment had been killed. He was left by the enemy for dead, but later managed to crawl away and rejoin his unit. For bravery in the face of the enemy, he was the first native-born Indian awarded the Victoria Cross Medal and later achieved the rank of Subadar (2nd Lieutenant). (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for Khudadad Khan | | | Burial:
Rukhan Village Cemetery
Dab, Chakwal
Punjab, Pakistan |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: K
Record added: Nov 26, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 8130622 |
|
|
|
Do you have a photo to add? Click here |
(4.1 after 26 votes)
