Ali Haidar
Sepoy (later Havildar), 13th Frontier Force Rifles Indian Army
- Register No.
- 19 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sepoy (later Havildar) (register: Sepoy) all Sepoys →
- Unit
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Indian Army all 13th Frontier Force Rifles VCs →
- Date of action
- 9 April 1945 on this day → all of 1945 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second World War
- London Gazette
- 3rd July 1945 on this day → all of 1945 →
- Born
- 21st August 1913 at Shahu Village, Kohat, M.W. Frontier,
Digest of citation
On 9 April 1945 near Fusignano, Italy, during the crossing of the Senio River, only Sepoy Ali Haidar and the two other men of his section managed to get across under heavy machine-gun fire. Then while the other two covered him, the sepoy attacked the nearest strong point and, in spite of being wounded, put it out of action. In attacking a second strong point he was again severely wounded but managed to crawl closer, throw a grenade and charge the post; two of the enemy were wounded, the remaining two surrendered. The rest of the company was then able to cross the river and establish a bridgehead
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
ALI HAIDAR (Reg. No.19)
Sepoy (later Havildar) 13th Frontier Force Rifles Indian Army London Gazetted on 3rd July 1945 Born on 21st August 1913 at Shahu Village, Kohat, M.W. Frontier, India.
Digest of Citation reads: On 9 April 1945 near Fusignano, Italy, during the crossing of the Senio River, only Sepoy Ali Haidar and the two other men of his section managed to get across under heavy machine-gun fire. Then while the other two covered him, the sepoy attacked the nearest strong point and, in spite of being wounded, put it out of action. In attacking a second strong point he was again severely wounded but managed to crawl closer, throw a grenade and charge the post; two of the enemy were wounded, the remaining two surrendered. The rest of the company was then able to cross the river and establish a bridgehead.
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