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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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