Yeshwant Ghadge
Naik, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry. Indian Army
- Register No.
- 1340 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Naik all Naiks →
- Unit
- 5th Mahratta Light Infantry. Indian Army (register: Maratha Light Infantry) all Maratha Light Infantry VCs →
- Date of action
- 10 July 1944 on this day → all of 1944 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second World War
- London Gazette
- 2nd November 1944 on this day → all of 1944 →
- Born
- 16th November 1921 at Phalasgaon Village in the Kolaba
- Died
- in Action on 10th July 1944 at the Upper Tiber Valley,
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- on Cassino Memorial, Italy. (Final resting place unknown)
- Medal held by
- not known
Digest of citation
Naik Yeshwant Ghadge was in command of a rifle section in the Upper Tiber Valley, Italy on 10th July 1944, when they came under heavy machine-gun fire which killed or wounded every member of the section with the exception of himself. Without a thought for his own safety, he rushed the machine-gun post. Throwing in a grenade first, knocking out the machine-gun and its operator, then shooting another member of the gun crew. Finding himself with no time to change his magazine he clubbed the two remaining crew to death. He was then mortally wounded by an enemy sniper
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
YESHWANT GHADGE (reg. No 1340)
Naik 5th Mahratta Light Infantry. Indian Army.
London Gazetted on 2nd November 1944.
VC Medal's Custodian is not known.
Born on 16th November 1921 at Phalasgaon Village in the Kolaba District of Bombay.
Killed in Action on 10th July 1944 at the Upper Tiber Valley, Morlupo, Italy.
Memorial on Cassino Memorial, Italy. (Final resting place unknown).
Digest of Citation reads: Naik Yeshwant Ghadge was in command of a rifle section in the Upper Tiber Valley, Italy on 10th July 1944, when they came under heavy machine-gun fire which killed or wounded every member of the section with the exception of himself. Without a thought for his own safety, he rushed the machine-gun post. Throwing in a grenade first, knocking out the machine-gun and its operator, then shooting another member of the gun crew. Finding himself with no time to change his magazine he clubbed the two remaining crew to death. He was then mortally wounded by an enemy sniper.
District of Bombay.
Morlupo, Italy.
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