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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Michael Allmand was born in [[Golders Green]], [[London]], to Professor [[Arthur John Allmand\|Arthur John]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] and Marguerite Marie Allmand on 22 August 1923.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2083981\|title=Casualty Details: Michael Allmand\|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves\|access-date=7 August ~~2022~~}}</ref> Allmand's brother is the medieval historian [[Christopher Allmand]]. He was educated at [[Ampleforth College]], a Catholic boarding school in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]], before attending [[Oxford University]] in 1941 where he studied history.<ref name=STED>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stedwardgg.com/memorial%20window.htm\|title=St Edward: A Look Around the Church – The Memorial Window\|publisher=The Catholic Parish of St Edward the Confessor\|access-date=28 April 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307002417/http://www.stedwardgg.com/memorial%20window.htm\|archive-date=7 March 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> While at Oxford, Allmand served as the founding editor of a literary review journal called ''The Wind and the Rain'',<ref>{{harvnb\|Bunting\|2010\|loc=Chapter 8}}</ref> and began writing a biography of [[Edmund Burke]].<ref>{{harvnb\|''The Wind and the Rain''\|1969\|p=48}}.</ref>		Michael Allmand was born in [[Golders Green]], [[London]], to Professor [[Arthur John Allmand\|Arthur John]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] and Marguerite Marie Allmand on 22 August 1923.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2083981\|title=Casualty Details: Michael Allmand\|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves\|access-date=7 August 2009}}</ref> Allmand's brother is the medieval historian [[Christopher Allmand]]. He was educated at [[Ampleforth College]], a Catholic boarding school in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]], before attending [[Oxford University]] in 1941 where he studied history.<ref name=STED>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stedwardgg.com/memorial%20window.htm\|title=St Edward: A Look Around the Church – The Memorial Window\|publisher=The Catholic Parish of St Edward the Confessor\|access-date=28 April 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307002417/http://www.stedwardgg.com/memorial%20window.htm\|archive-date=7 March 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> While at Oxford, Allmand served as the founding editor of a literary review journal called ''The Wind and the Rain'',<ref>{{harvnb\|Bunting\|2010\|loc=Chapter 8}}</ref> and began writing a biography of [[Edmund Burke]].<ref>{{harvnb\|''The Wind and the Rain''\|1969\|p=48}}.</ref>

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	At the end of 1942, amidst the backdrop of the [[Second World War]], Allmand left university and joined the [[Indian Army during World War II\|British Indian Army]]. He was [[Officer (armed forces)\|commissioned]] into the [[Indian Armoured Corps]], and assigned to the [[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)\|6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]].<ref name=STED/> Allmand was sent to [[India]] where, following a call from [[GHQ India]], he volunteered for service with the [[Chindits]] during the [[Operation Thursday]] and was subsequently attached to the 3rd Battalion, [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles\|6th Gurkha Rifles]] (3/6 GR).<ref name=Parker195>{{harvnb\|Parker \|2005 \|p=195}}.</ref>		At the end of 1942, amidst the backdrop of the [[Second World War]], Allmand left university and joined the [[Indian Army during World War II\|British Indian Army]]. He was [[Officer (armed forces)\|commissioned]] into the [[Indian Armoured Corps]], and assigned to the [[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)\|6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]].<ref name=STED/> Allmand was sent to [[India]] where, following a call from [[GHQ India]], he volunteered for service with the [[Chindits]] during the [[Operation Thursday]] and was subsequently attached to the 3rd Battalion, [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles\|6th Gurkha Rifles]] (3/6 GR).<ref name=Parker195>{{harvnb\|Parker \|2005 \|p=195}}.</ref>

	For the operation, 3/6 GR were assigned to the [[77th Indian Infantry Brigade\|77th Brigade]], under the command of Brigadier [[Mike Calvert]], and divided into two columns.<ref>{{harvnb\|Rooney \|1992 \|p=115}}.</ref> They were flown in by glider to a landing zone code named "Broadway" in the northern Kaukwe valley on 5 March 1944.<ref>{{harvnb \|Brayley \|2002 \|p= 21}}.</ref> Despite heavy casualties and the destruction of a large number of gliders, a stronghold was established and from there columns were sent out to the north and south. The 3/6 GR were sent north towards Mawlu and [[Hopin, Kachin State\|Hopin]] where they probed Japanese defences.<ref name=Rooney126>{{harvnb\|Rooney\|1992 \|p=126}}.</ref> They were later sent north to another stronghold dubbed "Blackpool" where they were tasked with supporting Chinese forces around [[Mogaung]] and [[Myitkyina]] under US General [[Joseph Stilwell]], who re-roled them as conventional infantry.<ref>{{harvnb\|Brayley\|2002\|p=22}}.</ref> Beginning on 6 June, the 77th Brigade advanced the final {{convert\|10\|mi\|km}} to Mogaung with the intent of capturing it.<ref>{{harvnb\|Rooney\|1992\|p=138}}.</ref> Amid monsoonal rains and suffering heavy casualties from the fighting as well as tropical diseases, the advance took a heavy toll on the Chindits; they were facing over 4,000 Japanese<ref name=chinditart>{{cite web \|url=http://chindits.wordpress.com/page/4/ \|title=The Chindits – In Art \|author=Kadidal, Akhil \|access-date=28 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> and by the end of the first week the brigade, having started with over 2,000 men,<ref name=Parker195/> was down to just 550 and each [[battalion]] was at [[Company (military unit)\|company]] strength.<ref>{{harvnb\|Rooney\|1992\|p=139}}.</ref>		For the operation, 3/6 GR were assigned to the [[77th Indian Infantry Brigade\|77th Brigade]], under the command of Brigadier [[Mike Calvert]], and divided into two columns.<ref>{{harvnb\|Rooney \|1992 \|p=115}}.</ref> They were flown in by glider to a landing zone code named "Broadway" in the northern Kaukwe valley on 5 March 1944.<ref>{{harvnb \|Brayley \|2002 \|p= 21}}.</ref> Despite heavy casualties and the destruction of a large number of gliders, a stronghold was established and from there columns were sent out to the north and south. The 3/6 GR were sent north towards Mawlu and [[Hopin, Kachin State\|Hopin]] where they probed Japanese defences.<ref name=Rooney126>{{harvnb\|Rooney\|1992 \|p=126}}.</ref> They were later sent north to another stronghold dubbed "Blackpool" where they were tasked with supporting Chinese forces around [[Mogaung]] and [[Myitkyina]] under US General [[Joseph Stilwell]], who re-roled them as conventional infantry.<ref>{{harvnb\|Brayley\|2002\|p=22}}.</ref> Beginning on 6 June, the 77th Brigade advanced the final {{convert\|10\|mi\|km}} to Mogaung with the intent of capturing it.<ref>{{harvnb\|Rooney\|1992\|p=138}}.</ref> Amid monsoonal rains and suffering heavy casualties from the fighting as well as tropical diseases, the advance took a heavy toll on the Chindits; they were facing over 4,000 Japanese<ref name=chinditart>{{cite web \|url=http://chindits.wordpress.com/page/4/ \|title=The Chindits – In Art \|author=Kadidal, Akhil \|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref> and by the end of the first week the brigade, having started with over 2,000 men,<ref name=Parker195/> was down to just 550 and each [[battalion]] was at [[Company (military unit)\|company]] strength.<ref>{{harvnb\|Rooney\|1992\|p=139}}.</ref>

	Initially, Allmand was given command of a [[platoon]]; however, later he was promoted to acting captain and took over command of a company.<ref name=LG/> On 11 June, two days after 3/6 GR had reached the outskirts of the town, Allmand's platoon was tasked with capturing a road bridge about {{convert\|0.25\|mi\|km}} away from the central railway station, close to where the Japanese had established their headquarters in a building dubbed the "Red House".<ref name=chinditart/> During the assault, his platoon took heavy fire and the attack stalled; leading from the front, Allmand went ahead, rallying his troops as he attacked the defenders with grenades and his [[kukri]].<ref name=chinditart/> He was again in the thick of the fighting on 13 June when, having taken over a company following the loss of its commander, he led an assault to secure some high ground by singlehandedly destroying several machine-gun positions.<ref name=chinditart/>		Initially, Allmand was given command of a [[platoon]]; however, later he was promoted to acting captain and took over command of a company.<ref name=LG/> On 11 June, two days after 3/6 GR had reached the outskirts of the town, Allmand's platoon was tasked with capturing a road bridge about {{convert\|0.25\|mi\|km}} away from the central railway station, close to where the Japanese had established their headquarters in a building dubbed the "Red House".<ref name=chinditart/> During the assault, his platoon took heavy fire and the attack stalled; leading from the front, Allmand went ahead, rallying his troops as he attacked the defenders with grenades and his [[kukri]].<ref name=chinditart/> He was again in the thick of the fighting on 13 June when, having taken over a company following the loss of its commander, he led an assault to secure some high ground by singlehandedly destroying several machine-gun positions.<ref name=chinditart/>
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'''Michael Allmand''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (22 August 1923 – 24 June 1944) was an [[British VCs of World War 2|English Second World War 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.

Born into a Catholic family in London in 1923, Allmand attended [[Ampleforth College]] before studying history at [[Oxford University]] in 1941. He joined the [[British Indian Army]] in 1942 and was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Indian Armoured Corps]] for service in the Far East.

He later volunteered to serve with the [[Chindits]] and in 1944 saw action against the Japanese during the [[Battle of Mogaung]], during which he was killed in action at the age of 20.

==Early life==
Michael Allmand was born in [[Golders Green]], [[London]], to Professor [[Arthur John Allmand|Arthur John]] [[Military Cross|MC]] and Marguerite Marie Allmand on 22 August 1923.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2083981|title=Casualty Details: Michael Allmand|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> Allmand's brother is the medieval historian [[Christopher Allmand]]. He was educated at [[Ampleforth College]], a Catholic boarding school in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]], before attending [[Oxford University]] in 1941 where he studied history.<ref name=STED>{{cite web|url=http://www.stedwardgg.com/memorial%20window.htm|title=St Edward: A Look Around the Church – The Memorial Window|publisher=The Catholic Parish of St Edward the Confessor|access-date=28 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307002417/http://www.stedwardgg.com/memorial%20window.htm|archive-date=7 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> While at Oxford, Allmand served as the founding editor of a literary review journal called ''The Wind and the Rain'',<ref>{{harvnb|Bunting|2010|loc=Chapter 8}}</ref> and began writing a biography of [[Edmund Burke]].<ref>{{harvnb|''The Wind and the Rain''|1969|p=48}}.</ref>

==Military career==
At the end of 1942, amidst the backdrop of the [[Second World War]], Allmand left university and joined the [[Indian Army during World War II|British Indian Army]]. He was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Indian Armoured Corps]], and assigned to the [[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)|6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]].<ref name=STED/> Allmand was sent to [[India]] where, following a call from [[GHQ India]], he volunteered for service with the [[Chindits]] during the [[Operation Thursday]] and was subsequently attached to the 3rd Battalion, [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|6th Gurkha Rifles]] (3/6 GR).<ref name=Parker195>{{harvnb|Parker |2005 |p=195}}.</ref>

For the operation, 3/6 GR were assigned to the [[77th Indian Infantry Brigade|77th Brigade]], under the command of Brigadier [[Mike Calvert]], and divided into two columns.<ref>{{harvnb|Rooney |1992 |p=115}}.</ref> They were flown in by glider to a landing zone code named "Broadway" in the northern Kaukwe valley on 5 March 1944.<ref>{{harvnb |Brayley |2002 |p= 21}}.</ref> Despite heavy casualties and the destruction of a large number of gliders, a stronghold was established and from there columns were sent out to the north and south. The 3/6 GR were sent north towards Mawlu and [[Hopin, Kachin State|Hopin]] where they probed Japanese defences.<ref name=Rooney126>{{harvnb|Rooney|1992 |p=126}}.</ref> They were later sent north to another stronghold dubbed "Blackpool" where they were tasked with supporting Chinese forces around [[Mogaung]] and [[Myitkyina]] under US General [[Joseph Stilwell]], who re-roled them as conventional infantry.<ref>{{harvnb|Brayley|2002|p=22}}.</ref> Beginning on 6 June, the 77th Brigade advanced the final {{convert|10|mi|km}} to Mogaung with the intent of capturing it.<ref>{{harvnb|Rooney|1992|p=138}}.</ref> Amid monsoonal rains and suffering heavy casualties from the fighting as well as tropical diseases, the advance took a heavy toll on the Chindits; they were facing over 4,000 Japanese<ref name=chinditart>{{cite web |url=http://chindits.wordpress.com/page/4/ |title=The Chindits – In Art |author=Kadidal, Akhil |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> and by the end of the first week the brigade, having started with over 2,000 men,<ref name=Parker195/> was down to just 550 and each [[battalion]] was at [[Company (military unit)|company]] strength.<ref>{{harvnb|Rooney|1992|p=139}}.</ref>

Initially, Allmand was given command of a [[platoon]]; however, later he was promoted to acting captain and took over command of a company.<ref name=LG/> On 11 June, two days after 3/6 GR had reached the outskirts of the town, Allmand's platoon was tasked with capturing a road bridge about {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} away from the central railway station, close to where the Japanese had established their headquarters in a building dubbed the "Red House".<ref name=chinditart/> During the assault, his platoon took heavy fire and the attack stalled; leading from the front, Allmand went ahead, rallying his troops as he attacked the defenders with grenades and his [[kukri]].<ref name=chinditart/> He was again in the thick of the fighting on 13 June when, having taken over a company following the loss of its commander, he led an assault to secure some high ground by singlehandedly destroying several machine-gun positions.<ref name=chinditart/>

On 23 June, during the final stages of the advance on Mogaung, Allmand's company was tasked with capturing Natyigon village and securing the railway bridge that spanned the Mogaung River. Attacking to the left of the "Red House", Allmand's company was held up by machine-gun fire from an embankment near the bridge, Allmand went forward again. His movement hampered by severe trench foot, which had set in due to the poor conditions that the chindits had faced since starting the campaign in March, he nevertheless fought his way "through deep mud and shell-holes"<ref name=LG/> and knocked out the machine-gun with grenades before being wounded.<ref>{{harvnb|Thompson |2008| p=422}}.</ref> A short time later, another member of 3/6 GR, [[Tul Bahadur Pun]], charged the bridge singlehandedly, killing the remaining Japanese defenders and securing it for the [[Gurkhas]].<ref name=Thompson423>{{harvnb|Thompson |2008 |p=423}}.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Parker |2005| p=197}}.</ref> Both Tul Bahadur and Allmand were later nominated for the Victoria Cross.<ref name=Thompson423/>

It was largely due to Allmand's bravery that Mogaung was captured.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michael Allmand VC|url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bballman.htm|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.victoriacross.org.uk}}</ref> Although he was pulled out of the line of fire by another Gurkha – Sergeant Tilbir Gurung, who received the [[Military Medal]] for his act<ref name="chinditart" /> – Allmand subsequently died of his wounds early on 24 June.<ref name="CWGC" /> At the time he was just two months short of his twenty-first birthday.<ref name="Parker195" /> His Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously and was presented to his family by [[King George VI]] at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 17 July 1945, having been announced in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' on 26 October 1944.<ref name="LG" /> Allmand also received the following other decorations: the [[1939–1945 Star]], the [[Burma Star]] and the [[War Medal 1939–1945]].<ref name="Website">{{cite web|title=Michael Allmand, VC|url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bballman.htm|access-date=7 August 2009|publisher=www.victoriacross.org.uk}}</ref>

Allmand's body is interred at the [[Taukkyan War Cemetery]], in Burma.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Allmand (1923–1944)|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8185202|access-date=7 August 2009|publisher=[[Find a Grave]]}}</ref>

==Victoria Cross citation==
The citation in the ''London Gazette'' which announced Allmand's award reads:

{{blockquote|"Captain Allmand was commanding the leading platoon of a Company of the 6th Gurkha Rifles in Burma on 11th June, 1944, when the Battalion was ordered to attack the Pin Hmi Road Bridge. The enemy had already succeeded in holding up our advance at this point for twenty four hours. The approach to the Bridge was very narrow as the road was banked up and the low-lying land on either side was swampy and densely covered in jungle. The Japanese who were dug in along the banks of the road and in the jungle with machine guns and small arms, were putting up the most desperate resistance. As the platoon come within twenty yards of the Bridge, the enemy opened heavy and accurate fire, inflicting severe casualties and forcing the men to seek cover. Captain Allmand, however, with the utmost gallantry charged on by himself, hurling grenades into the enemy gun positions and killing three Japanese himself with his [[kukrie]].

Inspired by the splendid example of their platoon commander the surviving men followed him and captured their objective. Two days later Captain Allmand, owing to casualties among the officers, took over command of the Company and, dashing thirty yards ahead of it through long grass and marshy ground, swept by machine gun fire, personally killed a number of enemy machine gunners and successfully led his men onto the ridge of high ground that they had been ordered to seize. Once again on June 23rd in the final attack on the Railway Bridge at Mogaung, Captain Allmand, although suffering from trench-foot, which made it difficult for him to walk, moved forward alone through deep mud and shell-holes and charged a Japanese machine gun nest single-handed, but he was mortally wounded and died shortly afterwards.

The superb gallantry, outstanding leadership and protracted heroism of this very brave officer were a wonderful example to the whole Battalion and in the highest traditions of his regiment."<ref name=LG>{{London Gazette|issue=36764|supp=y|page=4900|date=26 October 1944}}</ref>}}

== Legacy ==
The Victoria Cross medal remained in Allmand's family's possession until 1991, when it was presented to the Regimental Trust in [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="Website" /> Later, in 2003, the medal was donated to the [[The Gurkha Museum|Gurkha Museum]] at [[Winchester]] in [[Hampshire]], England.<ref name="Website" />

Allmand's life is commemorated in the Memorial Window at the St Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in [[Golders Green#Religious sites|Golders Green]], London.<ref name="STED" />

Allmand is named on the [[Chindit Memorial]], [[Memorial Gates, London|Memorial Gates]] and the Oriel College War memorial.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michael Allmand|url=http://www.memorialstovalour.co.uk/vc1272.html|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.memorialstovalour.co.uk}}</ref> He is also commemorated in [[John Bunting (sculptor)|John Bunting's]] Scotch Corners Chapel, a chapel on the edge of the [[North York Moors|North Yorkshire Moores]] dedicated to the War dead of Ampleforth College.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Bunting, Sculptor and Master of Drawing|url=http://www.johnbunting.co.uk/memorial.html#crucifix|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.johnbunting.co.uk}}</ref>

The Michael Allmand Trophy is presented by the [[Combined Cadet Force]] contingent at Ampleforth College to the Cadet who scores the highest in their leadership competition. Allmand is also commemorated in the Library of Ampleforth where a painted portrait hangs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-29|title=Catching up with our Cadets in the CCF|url=https://www.ampleforth.org.uk/college/news/catching-our-cadets-ccf|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Ampleforth College|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
* [[John Lucas (MC)]]
* [[Old Amplefordians]]
* [[:Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford|Alumni of Oriel College]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Brayley |first=Martin |title=The British Army 1939–45 (3): The Far East |series=Men-at-Arms # 375 |year=2002 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |location=Botley, Oxford |isbn=1-84176-238-5 }}
* {{cite book |last=Bunting |first=Madeleine | author-link =Madeleine Bunting|title=The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre |year=2010 |publisher=[[Granta Books]] |location=London |isbn=978-1-84708-144-5 }}
* {{cite book| first=John| last=Parker| year=2005| title=The Gurkhas: The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers| publisher= [[Headline Publishing]]|location=London | isbn=978-0-7553-1415-7 }}
* {{cite book |last=Rooney |first=David |title=Burma Victory: Imphal and Kohima March 1944 to May 1945 |year=1992 |publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]] |location=London |isbn=0-304-35457-0 }}
* {{cite journal |title=none|journal=The Wind and the Rain |volume=1 |year=1969|publisher=[[Weidenfeld & Nicolson|Phoenix Press]] |location=London |oclc=300780348 |ref=CITEREF''The_Wind_and_the_Rain''1969 }}
* {{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Peter |title=Pacific Fury: How Australia and Her Allies Defeated the Japanese Scourge |year=2008 |publisher=[[William Heinemann]] |location=North Sydney, New South Wales |isbn=978-1-74166-708-0 }}
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==Further reading==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book| editor-first= Nora| editor-last=Buzzell| year= 1997| title=Register of the Victoria Cross in "This England".| edition= 3rd| publisher =This England Alma House| isbn= 0-906324-27-0}}
*{{cite book| first=David| last=Harvey| author-link =David Charles Harvey| year=1999| title=Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials. Vol.2, 1917–1982| publisher= Kevin & Kay Patience| oclc=59437300}}
* {{cite book| first=John| last=Laffin | author-link = John Laffin| year=1997| title=British VCs of World War 2: A Study in Heroism| publisher=[[Sutton Publishing]]| isbn= 978-0-7509-1026-2}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggburma.htm Burial location of Michael Allmand]
*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ccgurkha.htm Location of Michael Allmand's Victoria Cross]
*{{Find a Grave |8185202|Michael Allmand |work= |author=John "J-Cat" Griffith |date= |accessdate=15 April 2022}}

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