02 · FAMILY STORIES
Bahadur Singh
Born c. 1923 · Died 15 May 1944
Karmuwala
Son of Sunder Singh and Attri
Profile
Bahadur Singh was the son of Sunder Singh and Attri of Karmuwala. He served as a sepoy in the 3rd Royal Battalion of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment, with service number 16313. He died on 15 May 1944 during the Second World War, aged twenty-one, and is commemorated on Panel 19 of the Cassino Memorial in Italy. 1
The official campaign account The Tiger Triumphs describes Bahadur’s battalion fighting between Arielli and Orsogna in Italy on 14 May 1944. A tank-supported German attack overran its forward company; the position was recovered that evening with help from the 2nd Camerons. The account does not name Bahadur or establish his part in that action, or how he died the following day. 2
Sources & Notes
Sources and notes (2)
[1] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, casualty record for Bahadur Singh, service number 16313; Cassino Memorial, Panel 19. Details follow the retained transcription, not a fresh inspection of the official record.
The approximate birth year c. 1923 is inferred from the reported age of twenty-one at death on 15 May 1944, not from a birth registration.
[2] Government of India, The Tiger Triumphs (HMSO, 1946), chapter 4, p. 37. Modern transcription of the official campaign account; it does not name Bahadur or establish his individual movements or death circumstances.