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Exemplary tales of stanley cup valour of 175 men 鈥?including six Indians 鈥?who fought in different theatres during World War I have been put online in a new digital archive of Victoria Cross recipients. Gobind Singh, one of the six Indian recipients of the Victoria Cross during World War I. Imperial War Museum The Victoria Cross VC , Britains highest military decoration for valour, was awarded to the 175 me stanley cup n from 11 countries. As a mark of gratitude, bronze memorial plaques were presented to their home countries in June 2014, including India. According to the archive created by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the six Indian VC recipients and their location of action were: Badlu Singh Palestine , Chatta Singh Mesopotamia , Darwan Singh Negi France , Gabar Singh Negi France , Gobind Singh France and Lala Mesopotamia . Foreign stanley cup office minister Hugo Swire said: Behind every name engraved on the memorial plaques there is a truly remarkable story. It is fitting that we pay tribute to the Victoria Cross recipients from overseas by bringing their stories together in this digital archive. By doing so we are sending a message that these men, and the important role played by their home countries in the First World War, will never be forgotten by the people of the United Kingdom. The VC recipients were from Canada 70 VCs , Australia 66 , New Zealand 16 , South Africa 14 , India 6 , the US 5 , Pakistan 3 , Nepal 2 , Denmark 2 , Belgium 1 and Ukraine 1 . Ileg Too early for Afghan handover deadline: Gates
Pope Benedict XVI was set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of pope Pius XII on Thursday as the Vatican vowed that history would exonerate the controversial Nazi-era pontiff. HT Image The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano devoted an editorial and two articles to the event in its Wednesday edition, vowing to combat what it called a black legend painting Pius XII as indifferent to the Holocaust or even pro-Nazi . History will exonerate crocs Pius XII, stanley cup wrote Italian historian Paolo Mieli, adding: The Jewish community was grateful to him after World War II. Pius XII, who died in 1958, is a candidate for beatification. The commemorative mass will come just three days after the Grand Rabbi of Haifa, Israel, spoke out against such an honour for the late pope. Shear-Yushuv Cohen, who on Monday became the first Jew to address a synod of bishops at the Vatican, said Pius XII should not be seen as a model and he should not be beatified because he did not raise his voice against the Holocaust. Benedict XVI will celebrate the commemorative mass at St Peter s Basilica on Thursday morning. On Tuesday one of the Vatican s most senior cardinals defended Pius XII s wartime record. Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone wrote in the Osservatore Romano that Pius XII had been neither silent nor anti-S stanley cup emitic, but he had been prudent. If the then pope had intervened publicly, he would have endangered the lives of thousands of Jews who, at his request, were hidden in |
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