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Sher Bahadur Thapa

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Allegiance
  
British India

Role
  
Armed force officer

Years of service
  
1942-44 †

Place of burial
  
Rimini, Italy


Rank
  
Rifleman

Name
  
Sher Thapa

Awards
  
Victoria Cross

Sher Bahadur Thapa

Buried at
  
Gurkha War Cemetery, Rimini

Unit
  
1st Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles

Battles/wars
  
World War II Italian Campaign Battle of San Marino

Died
  
September 19, 1944, San Marino

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Italian Campaign, Battle of San Marino

Similar People
  
Dwight D Eisenhower, Albert Kesselring, Benito Mussolini, Harold Alexander - 1st Earl A, Rodolfo Graziani

Service/branch
  
British Indian Army

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Sher Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: शेरबहादुर थापा) VC (20 November 1921 – 19 September 1944) 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 be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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He was a Thapa Chhetri of khas origin and a son of Ramdhoj Thapa, a permanent resident of Ghalechap of Tanahu, Nepal. Thapa enlisted in the British Indian Army on 20 November 1942 and was a 22 years old Rifleman in the 1st Battalion of the 9th Gurkha Rifles, in the during World War II when the following deed took place at the Battle of San Marino, for which he was awarded the VC.

His citation in the London Gazette reads:

On 18/19 September 1944 at San Marino, Italy, when a company of the 9th Gurkha Rifles encountered bitter opposition from a German prepared position, Rifleman Sher Bahadur Thapa and his section commander, who was afterwards badly wounded, charged and silenced an enemy machine-gun. The rifleman then went on alone to the exposed part of a ridge where, ignoring a hail of bullets, he silenced more machine-guns, covered a withdrawal and rescued two wounded men before he was killed.

His Victoria Cross is currently held by his regiment 9 Gorkha Rifles in India.

References

Sher Bahadur Thapa Wikipedia