Lost Arm, Kept in Fight
His left arm blown off above the elbow during a bayonet charge, an Indian boy, little more than 18, gave his officer his rifle and ammunition and carried on throughout the action with a bayonet which he picked up in his remaining hand. The story is told in the announcement of the award of the Indian Distinguished Service Medal to Sowar
Abhe Ram, Indian Army (Cavalry), for his gallantry at Mechili. When his arm was blown off he did not hesitate, I>ut went up to his squadron commander and gave him his rifle, bayonet and ammunition, remarking, “You take these now; I can’t use them.” “Sowar Abhe Ram continued on in the attack with dash and determination and picked up a bayonet to use in his remaining hand,” it is stated.
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 113, 13 March 1942, Page 5
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