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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name=Abdul Rahman<br />
|honorific_suffix={{postnominals|GC|MM}}<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|birth_date=1921<br />
|death_date= {{death date and given age|1946|2|22|23–24|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Sahiwal|Montgomery]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] (modern [[Pakistan]])<br />
|death_place=Kletek, [[Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]]<br />
|allegiance={{flag|British India}}<br />
|branch={{army|British India}}<br />
|serviceyears=<br />
|rank=[[Havildar]]<br />
|unit=3rd Battalion, [[9th Jat Regiment]]<br />
|battles=[[World War II]]<br />
|awards=[[Image:George Cross UK ribbon.png|30px]] [[George Cross]] [[Military Medal]]<br />
|relations=<br />
|laterwork=<br />
}}<br />
Havildar '''Abdul Rahman''' {{postnominals|GC|MM}} (1921–1946) was a soldier of the [[British Indian Army]] who was [[Posthumous recognition|posthumously]] awarded the [[George Cross]], the highest [[United Kingdom|British]] (and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]) award for bravery not in combat. He was awarded the decoration for the gallantry he showed while saving three other men from a burning vehicle on 22 February 1946 in Kletek in [[Java]].<ref name=LG1>{{London Gazette<br />
|issue= 37717<br />
|date= 10 September 1946<br />
|linkeddate= <br />
|page=4507<br />
|notarchive= <br />
|supp=y<br />
}}</ref> He was serving with the 3rd Battalion of the [[9th Jat Regiment]], which had fought in the Battle of Cauldron against Rommel's forces and saw action at Imphal. His GC award was announced in the [[London Gazette]] of 10 September 1946.<ref name=GCDB>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/RahmanA.htm <br />
|title=Abdul Rahman, GC <br />
|publisher=George Cross database <br />
|accessdate=18 November 2007 <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116141712/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/RahmanA.htm <br />
|archivedate=16 November 2007 <br />
|url-status=live <br />
}}</ref> His surname is sometimes spelled "Rehman".<br />
Abdul Rehman also won the [[Military Medal]] in Burma in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36627/supplement/3504|title=Page 3504 &#124; Supplement 36627, 25 July 1944 &#124; London Gazette &#124; the Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/abdul-rahman-gc/4589417585 |title=Abdul Rahman GC - victoriacross |website=www.vconline.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914014640/http://www.vconline.org.uk/abdul-rahman-gc/4589417585 |archive-date=2019-09-14}} </ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of George Cross recipients]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian recipients of the George Cross]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:1921 births]]<br />
[[Category:1946 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army soldiers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Medal]]</div>Bot