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Refusing to be invalided from the Army, Singh received a mention in dispatches later that year. He was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George VI, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 1945. | Refusing to be invalided from the Army, Singh received a mention in dispatches later that year. He was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George VI, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 1945. | ||
After Indian independence in 1947, Singh transferred to the 11th Sikhs when 15 Punjab was allocated to Pakistan. He was promoted to havildar (sergeant), with successive promotions to [[jemadar]] (now [[naib subedar]] in the Indian Army) on 29 December 1955,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=77 |date=21 April 1956 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> followed by promotion to [[subedar]] on 21 December 1961.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=23 |date=19 January 1963 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He saw action in both the 1962 Sino-Indian War and in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. Promoted to [[subedar major]] on 15 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=724 |date=23 September 1967 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Singh retired from the army in August 1969 with the honorary rank of captain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=84 |date=15 August 1969 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He died in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naik Gian Singh VC|url=http://www.defenceimagedatabase.mod.uk/fotoweb/wewerethere/ww2/g_singh.html|work=We were there|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=31 October | After Indian independence in 1947, Singh transferred to the 11th Sikhs when 15 Punjab was allocated to Pakistan. He was promoted to havildar (sergeant), with successive promotions to [[jemadar]] (now [[naib subedar]] in the Indian Army) on 29 December 1955,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=77 |date=21 April 1956 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> followed by promotion to [[subedar]] on 21 December 1961.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=23 |date=19 January 1963 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He saw action in both the 1962 Sino-Indian War and in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. Promoted to [[subedar major]] on 15 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=724 |date=23 September 1967 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Singh retired from the army in August 1969 with the honorary rank of captain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=84 |date=15 August 1969 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He died in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naik Gian Singh VC|url=http://www.defenceimagedatabase.mod.uk/fotoweb/wewerethere/ww2/g_singh.html|work=We were there|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||