Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35186/supplement/3307. Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat, Corps of Indian Engineers (serving with Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners). On 31st January / 1st February 1941 after the capture of Gallabat in Abyssinia, Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat cleared Italian mine-fields while chasing the enemy. In four days he covered 55 mine-ridden miles, was twice blown up in his carrier, was ambushed and had one of his ear drums shattered. There were casualties too, amongst his men, but he would not rest until the mine clearing had been completed.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35186/supplement/3307. Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat, Corps of Indian Engineers (serving with Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners). On 31st January / 1st February 1941 after the capture of Gallabat in Abyssinia, Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat cleared Italian mine-fields while chasing the enemy. In four days he covered 55 mine-ridden miles, was twice blown up in his carrier, was ambushed and had one of his ear drums shattered. There were casualties too, amongst his men, but he would not rest until the mine clearing had been completed.