Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43959/supplement/4947. 21148786 Lance-Corporal Rambahadur Limbu, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. On 21st November 1965 in Sarawak, Borneo, Lance-Corporal Rambahadur Limbu was in an advance party of 16 Gurkhas when they encountered about 30 Indonesians holding a position on the top of a jungle-covered hill. The Lance-Corporal went forward with two men, but when they were only 10 yards from the machine-gun, the sentry opened fire, whereupon the Non-commissioned Officer rushed forward and killed him with a grenade. The enemy then opened fire on the small party wounding the two men with the Lance-Corporal who, under heavy fire, made two journeys into the open to drag his comrades to safety.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43959/supplement/4947. 21148786 Lance-Corporal Rambahadur Limbu, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. On 21st November 1965 in Sarawak, Borneo, Lance-Corporal Rambahadur Limbu was in an advance party of 16 Gurkhas when they encountered about 30 Indonesians holding a position on the top of a jungle-covered hill. The Lance-Corporal went forward with two men, but when they were only 10 yards from the machine-gun, the sentry opened fire, whereupon the Non-commissioned Officer rushed forward and killed him with a grenade. The enemy then opened fire on the small party wounding the two men with the Lance-Corporal who, under heavy fire, made two journeys into the open to drag his comrades to safety.