Sher Bahadur Thapa

Sher Bahadur Thapa

Sher Bahadur Thapa VC (20 November 1921 - 19 September 1944) was a Nepalese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.__NOTOC__He was enrolled on 20 November 1942 and was a 22 years old Rifleman in the 1st Battalion of the 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

Awards

Victoria Cross


Digest of Citation (reg No. 1137) reads: [ [http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/descrip_s.html Victoria Cross Research - S ] ] cquote|"On 18/19 September 1944 at San Marino, Italy, when a company of the 9th Gurkha Rifles encountered bitter opposition from a German prepared position, Rifleman Sher Bahadur Thapa and his section commander, who was afterwards badly wounded, charged and silenced an enemy machine-gun. The rifleman then went on alone to the exposed part of a ridge where, ignoring a hail of bullets, he silenced more machine-guns, covered a withdrawal and rescued two wounded men before he was killed."
:—Killed in action on the 19th September, 1944 at San Marino.

Notes

References

*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

ee also

*Thaman Gurung

External links

* [http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/VC/2SBThapa.html Sher Bahadur Thapa]
* [http://www.nepalesekhukuri.com/vcs.html Victoria Crosses have been won by Gurkha Regiments ] at www.nepalesekhukuri.com
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11503967 Sher Bahadur Thapa (1921 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial ] at www.findagrave.com


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