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	'''Sher Bahadur Thapa''' ({{lang-ne\|शेरबहादुर थापा}}) [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (20 November 1921 – 19 September 1944) was a [[Nepalese people\|Nepalese]] [[Gurkha]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.		'''Sher Bahadur Thapa''' ({{lang-ne\|शेरबहादुर थापा}}) [[Victoria Cross\|VC]] (20 November 1921 – 19 September 1944) was a [[Nepalese people\|Nepalese]] [[Gurkha]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom\|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.

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{{other uses|Sher Bahadur (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Sher Bahadur Thapa
| birth_date = 20 November 1921
| death_date = 19 September 1944 (aged 22)
| birth_place = Ghalechap, [[Jyamaruk]], [[Tanahu district]], [[Nepal]]
| death_place = [[San Marino]]
| placeofburial = Gurkha War Cemetery, [[Rimini]]
| caption = VC Sher Bahadur Thapa (1921-1944)
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|British India|23px}}
| serviceyears = 1942-44{{KIA}}
| rank = [[Rifleman]]
| branch = {{army|British India|23px}}
| commands =
| unit = 1st Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]]
| battles = [[World War II]]
* [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]
** [[Battle of San Marino]] {{KIA}}
| awards = [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
| laterwork =
}}
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'''Sher Bahadur Thapa''' ({{lang-ne|शेरबहादुर थापा}}) [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (20 November 1921 – 19 September 1944) was a [[Nepalese people|Nepalese]] [[Gurkha]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==

He belonged to the [[Thapa]] [[Chhetri]] of Lamichhane Thapa clan and was a son of Ramdhoj Thapa, a permanent resident of Ghalechap of [[Tanahu District|Tanahu]], [[Nepal]]. Thapa enlisted in the [[British Indian Army]] on 20 November 1942 and was a 22-year-old [[rifleman]] in the 1st Battalion of the [[9th Gurkha Rifles]] during [[World War II]], when the following deed took place at the [[Battle of San Marino]], for which he was awarded the VC.<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/descrip_s.html Victoria Cross Research - S]</ref>

His citation in the [[London Gazette]] reads:
{{quote|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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36860|supp=y|page=5933|date=26 December 1944}}</ref>}}

His Victoria Cross is currently held by his regiment [[9 Gorkha Rifles]].

==See also==
*[[Thaman Gurung]]
*[[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]]

==References==
;Notes
{{Reflist}}

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

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020616031137/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/VC/2SBThapa.html Sher Bahadur Thapa]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213553/http://www.nepalesekhukuri.com/vcs.html Victoria Crosses have been won by Gurkha Regiments] at www.nepalesekhukuri.com
*{{Find a Grave|11503967}}

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[[Category:Nepalese World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel killed in World War II]]
[[Category:British Indian Army soldiers]]
[[Category:Gurkhas]]
[[Category:People from Tanahun District]]

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