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Naik Yeshwant Ghadge, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, VC. One of 10 photographs of Indian Army VC winners, World War Two, Italy (1943-1945). On 10 Jul 1944 in the Upper Tiber Valley, a rifle section commanded by Naik Yeshwant Ghadge came under heavy machine gun fire at close range which killed or wounded all members of the section except the commander. Without hesitation Naik Yeshwant Ghadge rushed the position, first throwing a grenade which knocked out the gun and its firer, then he shot one of the gun crew and clubbed to death the remaining two members of the crew. Yeshwant Ghadge was later killed in battle and briefly buried in a field grave near Citta di Castello, but his remains were recovered on 25 October 1945, where they moved to Arezzo CWGC cemetery and duly cremated in accordance with his Hindi faith.

World War Two, Italy (1943-1945)