Ganju Lama was nineteen years old, and a rifleman in the 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, in the Indian Army during World War II. On 12 June 1944, near Ningthoukhong, India, 'B' Company …

2000年7月3日 · Ganju Lama, who has died aged 75, was awarded a Victoria Cross in Burma for his action on June 12 1944 when B Company, 7th Gurkha Rifles were checking a Japanese …

Rifleman Ganju Lama VC, MM, 1st Battalion, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 1944. Photograph, World War Two, Burma (1941-1945), 1944. Ganju Lama was born on 7 July 1922 …

Enlisted into 7th Gurkha Rifles (7GR) during the Second World War, Ganju Lama was posted to join the 1st Battalion (1/7 GR) in northeast India. Their mission was to push back and clear …

2019年7月1日 · Rifleman Ganju Lama crawled forward to within sixty yards of the enemy tanks. He fired his PIAT (projector infantry anti-tank) weapon. His second shot pierced the armour of …

2009年8月5日 · Rifleman Ganju Lama, with complete disregard for his own safety, took his Projector Infantry Anti-Tank (PIAT) gun and, crawling forward, started raining fire on the …

2000年7月3日 · Ganju Lama, who has died aged 75, was awarded a Victoria Cross in Burma for his action on June 12 1944 when B Company, 7th Gurkha Rifles, were checking a Japanese …

Ganju Lama VC MM (22 July 1924 – 1 July 2000) was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can …

Rifleman Ganju Lama, with complete disregard for his own safety, took his PIAT gun and, crawling forward, succeeded in bringing the gun into action within 30 yards of the enemy …

Rifleman Ganju Lama, the No.1 of the P.I.A.T. gun, on his own initiative, with great coolness and complete disregard for his own safety, crawled forward and engaged the tanks single handed.