Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid was born on 1st July 1933 to Shri Mohammad Usman and Smt Sakina Begum. He hailed from Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh. He joined the army in the year 1953 at Varanasi at the age of 20 years. After his training at the Grenadiers Regimental Centre at Nasirabad, he was posted to the 4 Grenadiers battalion in 1955.
| Service Number | 2639985 |
| Place of Birth | Ghazipur, UP |
| Rank | CQMH |
| Unit | 4 Grenadiers |
| Regiment | Grenadiers |
| Award | Param Vir Chakra |
| Date of Martyrdom | 10th September 1965 |
By early September 1965, in the Lahore sector of operations, 4 Mountain Division of India had fallen back to the Khem Kharan area. 4 Grenadiers, along with three other battalions of the division formed a defence line between Assal Uttar and Cheema villages on the Khem Karan-Bhikhiwind-Amritsar Road and the Patti axis. 4 Grenadiers were on the northern flank in the general area of Cheema village. The battalion had already been in combat for more than 24 hours when it began digging trenches and weapon pits in its defensive positions. The area they were defending was covered with cotton and sugarcane fields and the battalion was able to camouflage themselves. The 106 mm recoil-less guns were deployed along the Khem Karan-Amritsar Road. On 8 Sept 1965, the enemy made repeated probing attacks on the 4th Grenadier’s position. CQMH Abdul Hamid charged the RCL gun on the enemy tanks. He destroyed two Patton tanks the same day and forced the men of four more tanks to abandon their vehicles. Demands were made on the engineers to lay out anti-tank mines in the area since that is where the enemy tanks are coming in from. They were facing a brigade-level attack from Pakistan armored forces and had nothing but RCL guns. On 9th September, an air-strike began by the Pakistani Sabre jets, but without much damage. By the end of the day, CQMH Abdul Hamid and his company had taken down two more tanks. On 10 Sept 1965, a battalion of Pakistani armor supported by Patton tanks attacked the position of 4th Grenadiers. The attack was preceded by intense artillery bombardment to soften the target and draw the Indian response. The intense enemy shelling and tank fire did not deter him from launching a blistering attack against the enemy. He fired continuously and managed to knock out three Patton tanks one after another. But as he was preparing to strike the next tank, his jeep was struck by a 90 mm enemy shell blowing it to bits. CQMH Abdul Hamid was martyred.
CQMH Hamid was awarded the nation’s highest gallantry award, “Param Vir Chakra” posthumously.
