King Presents V.C. To Ghurka Hero
(8.0. W.) RUGBY. Sept. 20. The King held an open air investiture in the inner quadrangle of Buckingham Palace at which he decorated Subadar Lai Bahadur Thapa. of the First and Second Ghurka Rifles with the V.C. The King and Queen walked slowly down the line of: Indian soldiers, shaking hands and chatting with each man in turn. Then the King pinned the Bronze Cross on the tunic of the Ghurka hero. Afterwards the King presented other decorations won while the Fourth Indian Division was fighting in North Africa.
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Northern Advocate, 27 September 1943, Page 2
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