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{{Short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}} | |||
{{about|the recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]|the [[Sikh]] religious leader|Guru Gobind Singh}} | {{about|the recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]|the [[Sikh]] religious leader|Guru Gobind Singh}} | ||
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'''Gobind Singh''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (7 December 1887{{snd}}9 December 1942) was a soldier in the [[British Indian Army]], and recipient during the [[First World War]] of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. | '''Gobind Singh''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (7 December 1887{{snd}}9 December 1942) was a soldier in the [[British Indian Army]], and recipient during the [[First World War]] of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. | ||
Gobind Singh was a Rathore Rajput and hailed from a small village named Damoi in the [[Nagaur district]]) of [[Rajasthan]], India. He was 29 years old when he became a [[Lance-Daffadar]] in the [[28th Light Cavalry]], the present [[7th Light Cavalry]]. He was later attached to [[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]] during the [[World War I|First World War]]. | Gobind Singh was a Rathore Rajput and hailed from a small village named Damoi in the [[Nagaur district]]) of [[Rajasthan]], India. He was part of a squadron of Jodhpur Lancers (Sardar Risala) which was transferred to 3rd Madras Cavalry in Oct 1902, later renumbered as 28th Light Cavalry in 1903. He was 29 years old when he became a [[Lance-Daffadar]] in the [[28th Light Cavalry]], the present [[7th Light Cavalry]]. He was later attached to [[2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)]] during the [[World War I|First World War]]. | ||
The [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] was an all-important battle not only because it was an effort by the allied forces to break the Hindenburg Line of the Germans, but also because it was there that [[tank]]s were used successfully for the first time in the history of warfare. | The [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] was an all-important battle not only because it was an effort by the allied forces to break the Hindenburg Line of the Germans, but also because it was there that [[tank]]s were used successfully for the first time in the history of warfare. | ||
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An hour later another message had to be sent from the regiment. Although exhausted and wounded, Govind Singh came forward again. He was told that he has already done his share but he insisted that it was a privilege and that he knew the ground better than anybody else. On the strength of this the Adjutant allowed him to go. This time he started from the lower end of the road, turned right and passed 'Catelet Copse' and went straight through the barrage in 'Épehy'. By this time the Germans and started heavy shelling and soon his comrades saw a shell land right behind his horse, cutting it into half. Govind Singh disappeared in a cloud of smoke and was presumed dead. But the shell had only killed the horse and thrown Govind off it. Covered in blood and dust he soon got up and ran on and eventually got into dead ground in renterent which [[debouch]]es into the valley. Thence he made his way out of the sight of the enemy to Poizière. Thoroughly exhausted and badly wounded he arrived there at 11.55 AM. He volunteered to make the journey a fourth time, but was not allowed to do so because that would have been certain death. | An hour later another message had to be sent from the regiment. Although exhausted and wounded, Govind Singh came forward again. He was told that he has already done his share but he insisted that it was a privilege and that he knew the ground better than anybody else. On the strength of this the Adjutant allowed him to go. This time he started from the lower end of the road, turned right and passed 'Catelet Copse' and went straight through the barrage in 'Épehy'. By this time the Germans and started heavy shelling and soon his comrades saw a shell land right behind his horse, cutting it into half. Govind Singh disappeared in a cloud of smoke and was presumed dead. But the shell had only killed the horse and thrown Govind off it. Covered in blood and dust he soon got up and ran on and eventually got into dead ground in renterent which [[debouch]]es into the valley. Thence he made his way out of the sight of the enemy to Poizière. Thoroughly exhausted and badly wounded he arrived there at 11.55 AM. He volunteered to make the journey a fourth time, but was not allowed to do so because that would have been certain death. | ||
For his conspicuous bravery and unwavering devotion to duty in saving his regiment and fellow men, Lance Dafadar Govind Singh was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]. | For his conspicuous bravery and unwavering devotion to duty in saving his regiment and fellow men, Lance-Dafadar Govind Singh was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]. | ||
== The Medal == | == The Medal == | ||