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Appendix 2: Indian Army Muslim Victoria Cross awards<br />
during the First World War 440<br />
France & Belgium 1914 – 1918<br />
Rank First Name Last Name Regiment<br />
Jemadar Mir DAST 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)<br />
att'd 57th Wilde's Rifles ( Frontier Force)<br />
Sepoy Khudadad KHAN 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis<br />
Mesopotamia 1914 – 1918<br />
Rank First Name Last Name Regiment<br />
Naik Shahamad KHAN 89th Punjabis<br />
Appendix 3: Indian Army Muslim Victoria Cross awards<br />
during the Second World War<br />
Burma 1943 – 1945<br />
Rank First Name Last Name Regiment<br />
Jemadar Abdul HAFIZ 3rd Bn, 9th Jat Regiment<br />
Lance Naik Sher SHAH 7th Bn, 16th Punjab Regiment<br />
Sepoy Fazal DIN 7th Bn, 10th Baluchi Regiment<br />
Italy 1944 – 1945<br />
Rank First Name Last Name Regiment<br />
Sepoy Ali HAIDER 6th Royal Bn ( Scinde ) 13th Frontier Force<br />
Rifles<br />
Appendix 4: Muslim George Cross Winners<br />
Name and Rank Date awarded Organisation Posthumously<br />
awarded<br />
Captain Mateen Ahmed 18 April 1946 7th Rajput Regiment, Yes<br />
Ansari Indian Army<br />
Lance Naik Islam-ud-Din 5 October 1945 Jat Regiment, Indian Army Yes<br />
Noor Inayat-Khan 5 April 1949 Special Operations Executive Yes<br />
Havildar Abdul Rahman 10 September 1946 9th Jat Regiment, Indian Army Yes<br />
Appendices<br />
440 The lists are illustrative of the<br />
awards given to Muslim soldiers.<br />
A precise communal breakdown is<br />
not possible because of the<br />
difficulty in ascertaining the<br />
religious identity of recipients<br />
from the names alone.<br />
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