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**diplmixxxx** · 02-20-2009, 02:27 PM

this is my local museum... http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/medals.php
quite an interesting read as everyone listed lived within 5 miles of the museum.
One guy who is not listed here, but is part of the VC medals display, is some lunatic in WW1 who with 3 bullets and a bayonet captured 80 prisoners, several machine guns etc etc by himself...you can imagine him walking back to his trench lines..."Who goes there?" "only me and 80 prisoners sir!" "well hurry along, you're blocking the view!"

another favourite from the Victoria Cross list...

BADLU SINGH. (Reg. No. 45).
Rissaldar* 14th Lancers (Scinde Horse) attchd. 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse).
London Gazetted on 27th November 1918.
Born on at Dhakla (village)in the Rhotak District of the Punjab, India.
Died on the 23rd September 1918 at River Jordan in Palestine. (Killed in action).
Memorial on the Heliopolis Memorial, the Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt
Digest of Citation reads:
On 23rd September 1918 on the West Bank of the River Jordan, Palestine, when his squadron was charging a strong enemy position, Ressaidar * Badlu Singh realised that heavy casualties were being inflicted from a small hill occupied by machine-guns and 200 infantry. Without any hesitation he collected six other ranks and with entire disregard of danger he charged and captured the position. He was mortally wounded on the very top of the hill when capturing one of the machine-guns single handed, but all the guns and infantry had surrendered to him before he died.
* Captain.

It is rumoured he did 500 tonda suburi as a warm up before climbing the hill.

02-20-2009, 02:27 PM	#10
diplmixxxx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	this is my local museum... http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/medals.php quite an interesting read as everyone listed lived within 5 miles of the museum. One guy who is not listed here, but is part of the VC medals display, is some lunatic in WW1 who with 3 bullets and a bayonet captured 80 prisoners, several machine guns etc etc by himself...you can imagine him walking back to his trench lines..."Who goes there?" "only me and 80 prisoners sir!" "well hurry along, you're blocking the view!" another favourite from the Victoria Cross list... BADLU SINGH. (Reg. No. 45). Rissaldar* 14th Lancers (Scinde Horse) attchd. 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse). London Gazetted on 27th November 1918. Born on at Dhakla (village)in the Rhotak District of the Punjab, India. Died on the 23rd September 1918 at River Jordan in Palestine. (Killed in action). Memorial on the Heliopolis Memorial, the Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt Digest of Citation reads: On 23rd September 1918 on the West Bank of the River Jordan, Palestine, when his squadron was charging a strong enemy position, Ressaidar * Badlu Singh realised that heavy casualties were being inflicted from a small hill occupied by machine-guns and 200 infantry. Without any hesitation he collected six other ranks and with entire disregard of danger he charged and captured the position. He was mortally wounded on the very top of the hill when capturing one of the machine-guns single handed, but all the guns and infantry had surrendered to him before he died. * Captain. It is rumoured he did 500 tonda suburi as a warm up before climbing the hill.
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