Ditto Ram Explained

Ditto Ram
Birth Place:Gehrota, Gurdaspur, India
Death Place:Città di Castello, Italy
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Indian Army
Serviceyears:1941–1944
Rank:Sowar
Servicenumber:17308
Battles:Second World War
Awards:George Cross

Sowar Ditto Ram, GC (1915 – 23 July 1944) was a soldier of the 21st King George V's Own Horse, British Indian Army, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross in the Second World War. He received the award for his gallantry in helping a wounded comrade on 23 July 1944 in the vicinity of Monterchi (Perugia province) in Italy.

Ditto Ram, who was also known as Ram Ditto, was born in Gehrota, Gurdaspur in India, the son of Sawan Singh and Phoolan.

Citation

Notice of the award of the George Cross to Ram was published in The London Gazette of 13 December 1945.

Memorials

Ram's name is inscribed on the Memorial Gate with other Commonwealth George Cross awardees from the Second World War, and on the Cassino Memorial.[1] A plaque in Piazza Umberto I in Monterchi town centre commemorates Sowar Ditto Ram, Lieutenant St John Young and Sowar Niru Chand, all fallen in the same minefield near Casa Tocci.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gc-database.co.uk.