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	}}</ref> as being awarded for the 'most conspicuous gallantry.'		}}</ref> as being awarded for the 'most conspicuous gallantry.'

	He was taken prisoner when [[Empire of Japan\|Japan]] occupied [[Hong Kong]] in December 1941 after the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. After the Japanese discovered that he was related to the ruler of one of the [[Princely States]] they demanded that he renounce his allegiance to the British and foment discontent in the ranks of Indian prisoners in the prison camps.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Kwong Chi Man\|first1=Tsoi Yiu Lun\|title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970\|year=2014\|publisher=Hong Kong University Press\|isbn=9789888208715\|pages=231}}</ref><ref name=CWGC>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107\|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details\|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]\|access-date=2007-12-01}} This page gives both 20 October and 29 October as the date of his death. The [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=49428&mode=1 overall pages] for Stanley Military Cemetery suggest that 29 October is correct</ref> He refused and was thrown into the notorious [[Stanley Jail]] in May 1942 where he was starved and brutalised. When he remained firm in his allegiance to the British on his return to the prison camps he was again incarcerated in Stanley Jail where he was starved and tortured for five months. He was then returned to the original camp, where he continued in his allegiance to the British, and even helped to organise escape attempts by other prisoners.<ref name=CWGC /> He was sentenced to death, with over thirty other British, Chinese and Indian prisoners and beheaded on 29 October 1943.<ref name=CWGC /> He is buried in [[Stanley Military Cemetery]] in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|author=Stephen Stratford\|title=Military history website\|access-date=2007-12-01\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170348/http://stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|archive-date=2007-10-12}}</ref>		He was taken prisoner when [[Empire of Japan\|Japan]] occupied [[Hong Kong]] in December 1941 after the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. After the Japanese discovered that he was related to the ruler of one of the [[Princely States]] they demanded that he renounce his allegiance to the British and foment discontent in the ranks of Indian prisoners in the prison camps.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Kwong Chi Man\|first1=Tsoi Yiu Lun\|title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970\|year=2014\|publisher=Hong Kong University Press\|isbn=9789888208715\|pages=231}}</ref><ref name=CWGC>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107\|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details\|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]\|access-date=2007-12-01}} This page gives both 20 October and 29 October as the date of his death. The [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=49428&mode=1 overall pages] for Stanley Military Cemetery suggest that 29 October is correct</ref> He refused and was thrown into the notorious [[Stanley Jail]] in May 1942 where he was starved and brutalised. And also held in [[Ma Tau Chung Camp]], where he expended efforts to counter Japanese recruiting work for the collaborationist [[Indian National Army]].<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Wentzell \|first=Tyler \|date=2021-12-08 \|title=Brigadier J. K. Lawson's Diary: October to December 1941 \|url=https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol30/iss2/6 \|journal=Canadian Military History \|volume=30 \|issue=2 \|issn=1195-8472}}</ref> When he remained firm in his allegiance to the British on his return to the prison camps he was again incarcerated in Stanley Jail where he was starved and tortured for five months. He was then returned to the original camp, where he continued in his allegiance to the British, and even helped to organise escape attempts by other prisoners.<ref name=CWGC /> He was sentenced to death, with over thirty other British, Chinese and Indian prisoners and beheaded on 29 October 1943.<ref name=CWGC /> He is buried in [[Stanley Military Cemetery]] in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|author=Stephen Stratford\|title=Military history website\|access-date=2007-12-01\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170348/http://stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|archive-date=2007-10-12}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107/ANSARI,%20MATREEN%20AHMED CWGC: Mateen Ansari]		*[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107/ANSARI,%20MATREEN%20AHMED CWGC: Mateen Ansari]

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	}}</ref> as being awarded for the 'most conspicuous gallantry.'		}}</ref> as being awarded for the 'most conspicuous gallantry.'

	He was taken prisoner when Japan occupied [[Hong Kong]] in December 1941 after the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. After the Japanese discovered that he was related to the ruler of one of the [[Princely States]] they demanded that he renounce his allegiance to the British and foment discontent in the ranks of Indian prisoners in the prison camps.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Kwong Chi Man\|first1=Tsoi Yiu Lun\|title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970\|year=2014\|publisher=Hong Kong University Press\|isbn=9789888208715\|pages=231}}</ref><ref name=CWGC>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107\|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details\|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]\|access-date=2007-12-01}} This page gives both 20 October and 29 October as the date of his death. The [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=49428&mode=1 overall pages] for Stanley Military Cemetery suggest that 29 October is correct</ref> He refused and was thrown into the notorious [[Stanley Jail]] in May 1942 where he was starved and brutalised. When he remained firm in his allegiance to the British on his return to the prison camps he was again incarcerated in Stanley Jail where he was starved and tortured for five months. He was then returned to the original camp, where he continued in his allegiance to the British, and even helped to organise escape attempts by other prisoners.<ref name=CWGC /> He was sentenced to death, with over thirty other British, Chinese and Indian prisoners and beheaded on 20 October 1943.<ref name=CWGC /> He is buried in [[Stanley Military Cemetery]] in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|author=Stephen Stratford\|title=Military history website\|access-date=2007-12-01\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170348/http://stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|archive-date=2007-10-12}}</ref>		He was taken prisoner when [[Empire of Japan\|Japan]] occupied [[Hong Kong]] in December 1941 after the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. After the Japanese discovered that he was related to the ruler of one of the [[Princely States]] they demanded that he renounce his allegiance to the British and foment discontent in the ranks of Indian prisoners in the prison camps.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Kwong Chi Man\|first1=Tsoi Yiu Lun\|title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970\|year=2014\|publisher=Hong Kong University Press\|isbn=9789888208715\|pages=231}}</ref><ref name=CWGC>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107\|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details\|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]\|access-date=2007-12-01}} This page gives both 20 October and 29 October as the date of his death. The [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=49428&mode=1 overall pages] for Stanley Military Cemetery suggest that 29 October is correct</ref> He refused and was thrown into the notorious [[Stanley Jail]] in May 1942 where he was starved and brutalised. When he remained firm in his allegiance to the British on his return to the prison camps he was again incarcerated in Stanley Jail where he was starved and tortured for five months. He was then returned to the original camp, where he continued in his allegiance to the British, and even helped to organise escape attempts by other prisoners.<ref name=CWGC /> He was sentenced to death, with over thirty other British, Chinese and Indian prisoners and beheaded on 29 October 1943.<ref name=CWGC /> He is buried in [[Stanley Military Cemetery]] in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|author=Stephen Stratford\|title=Military history website\|access-date=2007-12-01\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170348/http://stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm\|archive-date=2007-10-12}}</ref>

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{{short description|British Indian Army officer}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Mateen Ahmed Ansari
|image=
|caption=
|birth_date=15 December 1916
|death_date=29 October 1943 (aged 26)
|birth_place=[[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|death_place=[[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
|nickname=
|allegiance=[[British India]]
|branch=[[British Indian Army]]
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|rank=[[Captain (land and air)|Captain]]
|unit=7th [[Rajput Regiment]]
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|awards=[[Image:George Cross UK ribbon.png|30px]] [[George Cross]]
|relations=
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[[Image:Mateen Ahmed Ansari.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Headstone of Captain Mateen Ahmed Ansari at [[Stanley Military Cemetery]]]]
Captain '''Mateen Ahmed Ansari''' [[George Cross|GC]] (15 December 1916<ref>July 1942 Indian Army List</ref> – 29 October 1943) of the 5th Battalion, [[7th Rajput Regiment]], in the [[Indian Army during World War II]], and member of the [[British Army Aid Group]].
<ref name=GCDB>{{cite web
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|title=Mateen Ansari, GC
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|archive-date=2007-11-16
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> He was awarded the [[George Cross]] [[Posthumous recognition|posthumous]]ly. The decoration, the highest [[United Kingdom|British]] (and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]) award for bravery out of combat, was announced in a supplement to the [[London Gazette]] of 16 April 1946<ref name=LG1>{{London Gazette
|issue= 37536
|date=16 April 1946
|linkeddate=
|page=1949
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}}</ref> as being awarded for the 'most conspicuous gallantry.'

He was taken prisoner when Japan occupied [[Hong Kong]] in December 1941 after the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. After the Japanese discovered that he was related to the ruler of one of the [[Princely States]] they demanded that he renounce his allegiance to the British and foment discontent in the ranks of Indian prisoners in the prison camps.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kwong Chi Man|first1=Tsoi Yiu Lun|title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970|year=2014|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888208715|pages=231}}</ref><ref name=CWGC>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|access-date=2007-12-01}} This page gives both 20 October and 29 October as the date of his death. The [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=49428&mode=1 overall pages] for Stanley Military Cemetery suggest that 29 October is correct</ref> He refused and was thrown into the notorious [[Stanley Jail]] in May 1942 where he was starved and brutalised. When he remained firm in his allegiance to the British on his return to the prison camps he was again incarcerated in Stanley Jail where he was starved and tortured for five months. He was then returned to the original camp, where he continued in his allegiance to the British, and even helped to organise escape attempts by other prisoners.<ref name=CWGC /> He was sentenced to death, with over thirty other British, Chinese and Indian prisoners and beheaded on 20 October 1943.<ref name=CWGC /> He is buried in [[Stanley Military Cemetery]] in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm|author=Stephen Stratford|title=Military history website|access-date=2007-12-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170348/http://stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm|archive-date=2007-10-12}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of George Cross recipients]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2815107/ANSARI,%20MATREEN%20AHMED CWGC: Mateen Ansari]

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