Lance Naik Karam Singh of 1 Sikh commanded a section at Richhmar Gali, near Tithwal, through eight attacks on 13 October 1948.
Eight attacks at Richhmar Gali
Guns and mortars opened on the 1 Sikh post at Richhmar Gali, near Tithwal, on 13 October 1948, and damaged all its bunkers. Lance Naik Karam Singh commanded a section there.
Eight assaults followed that day. A Government of India publication, New India Samachar, puts the attackers at ten times the number of defenders.
Singh was wounded and bleeding heavily, but moved from bunker to bunker to help the other men and to keep them fighting. As ammunition ran low, he carried two wounded comrades to the main company position under fire. He then stayed in the trenches and went on throwing grenades.
When attackers came close, he left the trench and killed two of them with the bayonet. The section charged with the bayonet, and the post held.
Military Medal from Burma
Singh joined the Sikh Regiment on 15 September 1941, and already held the Military Medal from service in Burma during the Second World War. He survived Richhmar Gali and rose to Subedar and Honorary Captain.
He died on 20 January 1993, in his village in Punjab.
What the citation recorded
Summary, not the official wording. The National War Memorial's account records that Lance Naik Karam Singh of 1 Sikh, commanding a section at Richhmar Gali in Jammu and Kashmir on 13 October 1948, kept his men fighting through heavy shelling that damaged all the post's bunkers and through eight enemy attacks. Though wounded and bleeding heavily, he moved between bunkers to help his comrades, and his section finally counter-attacked with the bayonet to hold Richhmar Gali.
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