Sikh Light Infantry

13 soldiers and officers of the Sikh Light Infantry are remembered on Veergati. Each name below carries a full profile — their unit, their operation, their gallantry award, and the day they made the supreme sacrifice.

13 names

• Captain Mehta Singh, Kirti Chakra3 Sikh Light Infantry · 1956
• Lance Naik Sohan Singh2 Sikh LI, The Sikh Light Infantry · 1965
• Subedar Piara Singh, Vir Chakra5th Battalion, The Sikh Light Infantry · 1965
• Captain Sunit Barnie, Vir Chakra (Posthumous)16 Sikh Light Infantry · 1995
• Major Ashish Bhatnagar, Shaurya Chakra6 Sikh Light Infantry · 1997
• Lieutenant Kuldeep Singh11 Sikh Light Infantry · 2001
• Major James Thomas, Kirti Chakra10 Sikh LI, The Sikh Light Infantry · 2006
• Sepoy Happy Singh14 Sikh LI / 19 Rashtriya Rifles, The Sikh Light Infantry · 2018
• Naib Subedar Rajwinder Singh1 Sikh LI, The Sikh Light Infantry · 2020
• Colonel Manish Singh Chauhan19 Sikh LI, The Sikh Light Infantry · 2020
• Major Neeraj Sharma19 Sikh LI · 2020
• Lance Naik Nishan Singh, Sena Medal14 Sikh Light Infantry (deputed to 19 Rashtriya Rifles) · 2022
• Major Aashish Dhonchak, Sena Medal, Shaurya Chakra19 Rashtriya Rifles (15 Sikh Light Infantry) · 2023