Thaman Gurung
Rifleman, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Indian Army
- Register No.
- 1208 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Rifleman all Riflemans →
- Unit
- 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Indian Army (register: 5th Gurkha Rifles) all 5th Gurkha Rifles VCs →
- Date of action
- 10 November 1944 on this day → all of 1944 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second World War
- London Gazette
- 22nd February 1945 on this day → all of 1945 →
- Born
- 2nd October 1924 at Singla, (village) in the No 2 Thehsil
- Died
- 11th November 1944 at Monte San Bartolo in Italy
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- at Rimini Gurkha War Cemetery, Italy
Digest of citation
; On 10th November 1944 at Monte San Bartolo, Italy, Rifleman Thaman Gurung was acting as a scout to a fighting patrol. It was undoubtedly due to his superb gallantry that his platoon was able to withdraw from an extremely difficult position without many more casualties than were in fact incurred and that some very valuable information was obtained which resulted in the capture of the feature three days later. The rifleman's bravery cost him his life
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
THAMAN GURUNG (Reg.No.1208)
Rifleman 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Indian Army.
London Gazetted on 22nd February 1945.
Born on 2nd October 1924 at Singla, (village) in the No 2 Thehsil in West Nepal.
Died on 11th November 1944 at Monte San Bartolo in Italy.
Memorial on grave at Rimini Gurkha War Cemetery, Italy.
Citation reads; On 10th November 1944 at Monte San Bartolo, Italy, Rifleman Thaman Gurung was acting as a scout to a fighting patrol. It was undoubtedly due to his superb gallantry that his platoon was able to withdraw from an extremely difficult position without many more casualties than were in fact incurred and that some very valuable information was obtained which resulted in the capture of the feature three days later. The rifleman's bravery cost him his life.
in West Nepal.
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