In the Telegraph today there is an obituary of a splendid fellow named Lt-Col ‘Shufti’ Chaudhri who won an MC (Military Cross – Britain’s third highest gallantry award) fighting in the Italian Campaign in 1944. In the early hours of January 26, three platoons pushed forward to reconnoitre the enemy positions. At first light, Chaudhri discovered that one of the platoon leaders and an NCO were missing. He set out through driving rain and under intense mortar fire and found that the two men had been taken prisoner and that their platoon was in a critical situation, low on ammunition and facing strong opposition. No sooner had he reorganised the platoon’s defences than the enemy launched a determined attack. Chaudhri ordered his men to hold their nerve and they waited until the Germans were 40 yards away before they opened fire. Chaudhri killed or mortally wounded several of them. The
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