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Those known to have fought in Sudan during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Bhagat VC, PVSM.. Premindra Singh. 2nd.Lt,
- Bodkier Israel Lejb.
- Hart Hubert Raymond. Pte.
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Want to know more about Sudan? There are:16 items tagged Sudan available in our Library
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Pte. Hubert Raymond Hart 19th Battalion Essex Regiment My father Hubert Hart was compulsory transferred from The Norfolk Regiment in 1943, and following the formation of the 19th Essex Regiment in Alexander or Cairo, they moved down to Khartoum (South Barracks) in Sudan, prior to moving into Eritrea to train with the 2nd Sudan Defence Force.
The 19th Essex were disbanded upon return to Alexander after only 531 or 581 days.
I have copies of his service record, his personal diaries and letters from the curator at the Essex Regimental Museum, as well as some photographs of some of the men and the areas where they trained.
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Israel Lejb Bodkier My father, Israel Lejb Bodkier, was taken prisoner in Sedan in 1939 till 1945.
He was a medical doctor, he caught Typhus during the treatment of Russian prisoners.
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2nd.Lt, Premindra Singh Bhagat VC, PVSM. Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Corps of Indian Engineers Premindra Singh Bhagat was born on 14 October 1918 in Gorakhpur, British India. He attended the Royal Indian Military College, a military school in Dehradun, and the Indian Military Academy.He was commissioned in the British Indian Army on 15 July 1939. He was 22 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Indian Engineers, Indian Army, attd. Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners when he was awarded the VC.
"For most conspicuous gallantry on active service in the Middle East. During the pursuit of the enemy following the capture of Metemma on the night 31 January - 1st February 1941, Second-Lieutenant Bhagat was in command of a section of a Field Company, Sappers and Miners, detailed to accompany the leading mobile troops (Bren Carriers) to clear the road and adjacent areas of mines. For a period of four days and over a distance of 55 miles this officer in the leading carrier led the Column. During this period, he himself detected and personally supervised the clearing of no less than 15 minefields of varying dimensions. Speed being essential, he worked at high pressure from dawn to dusk each day. On two occasions when his carrier was blown up with casualties to others, and on a third occasion when ambushed and under close enemy fire he himself carried straight on with his task. He refused relief when worn out with strain and fatigue and with one eardrum punctured by an explosion, on the grounds that he was now better qualified to continue his task to the end.
His coolness, persistence over a period of 96 hours, and gallantry, not only in battle, but throughout the long period when the safety of the Column and the speed at which it could advance were dependent on his personal efforts, were of the highest order." London Gazette: 10 June 1941
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