[2] The citation reads: The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the VICTORIA CROSS to:— No.

In Italy, on 10 July 1944, a Company of the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry attacked a position strongly defended by the enemy.

Without hesitation, and well knowing that none were left to accompany him, Naik Yeshwant Ghadge rushed the machine gun post.

Unfortunately Naik Yeshwant Ghadge was shot in the chest and back by enemy snipers and died in the post which he had captured single handed.

Yeshwant Ghadge Sundial Memorial" was unveiled in Montone, Perugia, Italy, as a tribute to the Indian soldiers that died during the Italian Campaign.