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Annexare to General Routine Order No. 1859, dated 22nd December, 1916
REWARDS.
Indian Order of Merit.
No. 1-387— r v\w Governor General in Council is pleased to sanction the following promotion in an I .
admissions to. the Military Division of the Indian Order of Merit :
during operations in the
ompany
enemy’s position.
sap-head 1 B and was shot through
riiiukli Aingh, 21st Field Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners, for excellent work
end .0 February and beginning of March in advancing our trenches
n the night of 1st-2nd March 1916 he accompanied Lieutenant Tedman
i the clothes. His pick was broken bv a bullet. 6200 bv mp...
igainst the
the work.
He always seized opportunities of crawling forward with a few men and di
Tor ad hi./ss/on to the 2nd (doss of the Orth-e.
No. 4116 Sapper Malitab Khan. 20th Company. 3rd Sappers and Miners. for conspicuous galkintry and
devotion to duty 111 March 1916, when engaged in sapping operations against the enemy’s lines. He specially
distinguished himself on the 22nd-23rd March 1916 in crawling out in the open under a heavy close range
lire and in removing one of the enemy s land mines which menaced the safetv of the working partv and the
progress of the sap.
• No. 1194 Lance-Naik Lal Khan, 19th Punjabis [attached 59th Seinde Lilies (Frontier Force)] for
conspicuous gallantry on the 8th March 1916. when he fought with magnificent courage in the enemy’s
trenches. He was one of a party who met the hostile bombers and held them back while their own supply of
grenades lasted, though attacked from both sides. With one of- their officers they were the last of their
company to leave the enemy s trenches. During the retirement the officer was wounded and these men
refused to leave him and brought him in under very heavy fire and at great risk of capture.
No. 2103 Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. Bir Singh, 35th Sikhs (attached 47th Sikhs), for conspicuous gallantry and skill on
the 15th April 1916 ; when in command of a picquet of 14 rifles he organised and led an attack on a hostile
picquet over 200 yards of open ground in broad daylight. The attack was made by a rush over the open to
bombing distance whence bombs were thrown until the enemy surrendered. This non-commissioned officer
led the charge himself and threw the first bomb. The enemy picquet consisted of I officer and 21 other
ranks of which the officer and 17 other ranks were captured. 2 were killed, and 2 escaped. The attack was
made under flanking lire from the remainder of the enemy's picquet.
No. 1561 Sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. Mahantu, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), for marked gallantry and coolness on the
morning of the 6th April 1916, in advancing under heavy shell and rille fire to dress the wounds of his
Commanding Officer. In doing so he was killed.
His widow (if any) is admitted to the pension of the Order with effect from the date of his death.
No. 1189 Naik Khan Khel. 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force,’ for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to
duty on the Sth March 1916. When the regiments in the tiring line were running short of ammunition he.
with several others, volunteered to take up an extra supply under heavy fire from rifles and machine guns.
Nearly all the boxes reached the firing line though many men were hit.
No. 2665 Naik Ghulam Hassan, 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) [attached 50th Rifles (Frontier Force)],
for conspicuous gallantry on the 8th March 1916, when he fought with magnificent courage in the enemy s
trenches. He was one of a party who met the hostile bombersand held them back while their own suppl)
of grenades lasted, though attacked from both sides. With one of their officers they were the last of theil
company to leave the enemy's 'trenches. During the retirement the officer was wounded, and these men
refused to leave him and brought him in under very heavy fire and at great risk of capture.
Subadar Tola Singh, 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force), for conspicuous gallantry on the 8th March
1916 during an attack. Both his British officers being wounded he took command of his Double ( ompany
During the withdrawal from the redoubt he held his men well in hand. He placed himself under the orders
of the Officer Commanding, 47th Sikhs, and rendered invaluable service in rallying the men of his regiment
as they reached the line of the 47th Sikhs. He collected and led parties of men to recover wounded from
the ground under an enemy redoubt under very heavy fire. Eventually he retired with the lit i —Iehs and
was wounded during this movement. He has been in every action with his regiment since October ian.
has always been conspicuous for his good work.
No. 4551, Lance-Naik Ali Faqir. 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force), for conspicuous gallantry on the
8th March 1916, when he fought with magnificent courage in the enemy s trenches. He was one 0 a pa y
who met the hostile bombers and held them back while their own supply of grenades lasted, though attacked
from both sides. With one of their officers they were the last of their company to leave the enemy Strenehes:
During the retirement the officer was wounded and these men refused to leave him am rought um in uni
very heavy fire and at great risk of capture.
No. 1443 Sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. Kesar Singh, 82nd Punjabis, for conspicuous gallantry , meritorious service an 1 initiative
on the Sth March 1916. This sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. took command of his section when his non-commissioned officerNas
killed and led it forward under heavy fire. He was seen to shoot 10 of the enemy am a t 10U% i “ mu
assisted to withdraw the only two remaining men of his section.
No. 1841 Naik Mahtab Ali, 89th Punjabis, for conspicuous gallantry during the attack on the I Ph
March 1916, when he went forward five times from the trench in which he was an roughtin wounge
from a small fold in the ground 150 yards from the enemy under intense rifle fire, e was sever '
when bringing in the last man. He was previously recommended for good patio work in ranee: