Victoria Cross Receipt

' Very Special Post '


These Are Photographs of White And Blue Commemorative Stones And File Photo of Subedar Mir Dast, The Victoria Cross Recipients From Tirah Valley Pakistan.
White Marble Stone is Erected At National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, United Kingdom And Reads As:
' Jemadar Mir Dast 55Th Coke's Rifles (FRONTIER FORCE) 26 April 1915.'
Blue Plaque is Erected at India Gate, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, United Kingdom And Reads As:
' City of Brighton & Hove
Subedar MIR DAST
1874-1945
V. C. I. O. M. O. B. I
55th Coke's Rifles attached to 57th Wilde' Rifles FF
Received the Victoria Cross
From King George V in 1915 at The Royal Pavilion Military Hospital for Bravery at Ypres.'

Mir Dast (3 December 1874 – 19 January 1945) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious  British Military award for gallantry and valour.
Mir Dast, Afridi, was born in Tirah valley and Died at Shagi Landi Kyan Village, Peshawar and was  buried at Warsak Road Cemetery, Shagi Landi Kyan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. He joined the British Indian Army in December 1894 and retired from active service in 1917 with the rank of subedar.

On 26 April 1915 at Ypres, Belgium, Jemadar Mir Dast led his platoon with great bravery during the attack, and afterwards collected various parties of the regiment (when no British officers were left) and kept them under his command until the retirement was ordered. He also displayed great courage that day when he risked his life to carry eight wounded British and Indian officers to safety while exposed to very heavy fire.

Photographs By Dr. Irfan Malik Ji