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Yeshwant Ghadge was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his actions in the Upper Tiber Valley, Italy on 10 July 1944, during the Second World War (1939–1945). He was in command of a rifle section which came under heavy machine gun fire, killing or wounding all other members of his section. Single-handedly, he rushed the enemy gun position and successfully defeated the gun crew. However, in this action Ghadge was shot by an enemy sniper and fell mortally wounded.
National Army Museum
London
Title
Naik Yeshwant Ghadge (1921–1944), VC, 3/5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1944
Date
1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 61 x W 51 cm
Accession number
NAM. 1966-04-6
Acquisition method
gift from the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Regimental Association, 1966
Work type
Painting
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England
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