Rissaldar Dowkul Singh
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry
Dates and Places of Action: nr. Helmand River, Afghanistan, Afghan War, 14 July 1880; nr. Maiwand, Afghanistan, Afghan War, 27 July 1880 and Deh Khoja, nr. Kandahar, Afghanistan, Afghan War, 16 August 1880

CITATION FIRST CLASS: "For conspicuous gallantry during the retreat from Maiwand on the 27th July 1880, on which occasion he was instrumental in saving the life of Lieutenant H. S. Anderson, 1st Bombay Native Infantry, who was severely wounded, and in the attack on the village of Deh Khojah, near Kandahar, on the 16th August 1880."

The regiment suffered forty-five deaths at the Battle of Maiwand.