papers, papers
Accession Number
NAM.1981-01-78-1
Description
Documents relating to Capt Michael Allmand, Indian Armoured Corps attached 3/6 Gurkha Rifles, who won the Victoria Cross in Burma in June 1944. Comprising a typescript copy of a letter to his father from his Commanding Officer describing the action and his death; a press account based on the London Gazette citation; a letter from a school friend and tickets issued to his widow for the 1956 Victoria Cross Centenary Celebrations. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).
Events
Mogaung, Battle of, 1944 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945)
Associated collection
