Talk:Gurmukh Singh (First World War)

Notability guideline satisfied
Notability guideline is satisfied via the following citations. The person won the highest military award for gallantry of Imperial Russia, thus establishing his notability. The citations below are from very reputable sources and have been (and can be) verified:

War speeches, pp 127, Author: O'Dwyer, Michael Francis, (Sir) 1864-, Subject: World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918 -- Punjab, Publisher: Lahore Printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT, Language: English, Call number: AHR-1431, Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto, Collection: toronto "The Order of St. George, Imperial Russia's highest exclusively military order, was instituted in 1769 and came to be considered among the most prestigious military awards in the world... The order was awarded to officers and generals for special gallantry, such as, personally leading his troops in rout of a superior enemy force, or capturing a fortress, etc. Before membership in the Order could be granted, a candidate's case had to be investigated by a council composed of Knights of the Order." Source: http://www.gwpda.org/medals/russmedl/russia.html

Additionally, he also won First Class Indian Order of Merit which was the highest gallantry award in India in colonial era.