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Lt Col Sumer Singh, MBE 17 RajRif (SwaiMan) on his 100th birthday.
Ceremony performed by 17 RajRif.
Ceremony performed by 17 RajRif.
The centenarian had an exemplary record on the battlefield and was honoured as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or MBE, by the then Viceroy Lord Wavell in 1945 for ‘valour and courage while fighting the Germans’.+
After Independence, he fought the Pakistani forces invading Jammu and Kashmir in 1948. He also participated in the Indo-Pak war of 1965.
Singh graduated from Agra University and, despite having the option of joining the administration wing of Jaipur state services, he chose+
Singh graduated from Agra University and, despite having the option of joining the administration wing of Jaipur state services, he chose+
the Jaipur state services Man Guards, the then state army commanded by the Maharaja of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh. Man Guards and other such armies of the princely states at that time rendered their services to the British forces the during Second World War and fought on both+
eastern and western fronts and also in Balochistan against the Afghan rebels. Lt Col Singh also fought in Africa and was a part of the British army troop that freed the Gondal Fort from the Italian forces.
While posted in Italy, the Man Guards became a part of the Beach Group+
While posted in Italy, the Man Guards became a part of the Beach Group+
which was comprised of the army, the navy and the air force. It was this battle for which Lt Col Singh was honoured as an MBE.
After the war, the Man Guards was sent to Hong Kong to guard Japanese soldiers who were held as prisoners of war and were kept at different places in+
After the war, the Man Guards was sent to Hong Kong to guard Japanese soldiers who were held as prisoners of war and were kept at different places in+
Hong Kong, Malaya, Burma (Myanmar) and Indonesia.
His eldest son Lt Gen Kunwar Daulat Singh Shekhawat retired from the Indian Army in 2007 as the director general of mechanised forces. His second son Rear Admiral Kunwar Karni Singh was a neurologist in the Indian Navy and also held the rank of Lt General in the army later.+
He was 101 at the time of his death. Salute to Lt Col Sumer Singh : India's centenarian WWII hero. Jai Hind 
