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The account of the action for which the 23-year-old Sepoy Namdeo Jadhav was awarded the Victoria Cross, was gazetted (appeared in 'The London Gazette') on 19 June 1945. It read, ‘...under intense enemy fire he carried two wounded men through deep water and up the precipitous river bank, through a mine belt, to safety. With tommy-gun and grenades, he then avenged his dead comrades by eliminating three enemy machine-gun posts, and, climbing to the top of the bank, and shouting the Mahratta war cry he waved the remaining companies across the river. He not only saved his friends’ lives but his superb bravery enabled the battalion to secure a deeper bridgehead and ultimately crush all German resistance in the area.’

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Title

Sepoy (later Subadar) Namdeo Jadhav (c.1922–1984), VC, 1st Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry

Date

c.1945

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 71.2 x W 55.9 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1956-02-16

Acquisition method

gift from the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Regimental Association, 1956

Work type

Painting

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Artist or maker

Marie Temple

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Naik Yeshwant Ghadge (1921–1944), VC, 3rd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, c.1944 National Army Museum
Sepoy (later Subadar) Namdeo Jadhav (c.1922–1984), VC, 1st Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry National Army Museum