Rifleman LAL SING RANA 9737, 5th Bn., 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles who died on 15 February 1942 Son of Mahata Sing and Gholi, of Kathur, Garhwal, India; husband of Jithuli, of Kathur. Remembered with honour SINGAPORE MEMORIAL CWGC :: Cemetery Details
Fall of Singapore 8-15 February 1942. From Wiki: During the Second World War, five more battalions of the Garhwal Rifles were raised. These were: the 4th (re-raised having been converted into a training battalion and designated 10th Battalion earlier), the 5th, 6th, 7th and 25th (Garrison) battalion. The Regiment saw active service in almost all of the theatres of the war, including: Burma, Malaya, Egypt, Iraq, Eritrea, Abyssinia. The 2nd and 5th Battalions were captured in the fall of Singapore and remained in captivity until the end of the war. The Regiment's casualties during the war were high, with some 350 killed and approximately 1,400 wounded. Following the war the 1st and 3rd Battalions served briefly in a garrison role in Sumatra and Italy before returning to India. The 4th Battalion was used to reconstitute the 2nd Battalion in May 1946. The 5th Battalion was not raised again and the 6th Battalion was disbanded at war's end.
