The Indian Corps in France
In August 1914, as the German Army advanced through France and Belgium, more Allied troops were desperately needed for the Western Front. The Indian Army, 161,000 strong, seemed an obvious source of trained men, and the Lahore and Meerut infantry divisions were selected for service in Europe.
Participants from Indian Sub-continent
One and a half million volunteers came forward from the estimated population of 315 million in the Indian subcontinent (present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - henceforth referred to, for convenience, as ‘India’). Check Compton History Link.
Military Casualties of World War One
How they suffered: World War One & Its Impact on Punjabis
INDIA GATE
Inscribed on top of India Gate in capital letters is the line:
To the dead of the Indian armies who fell honoured in France and Flanders Mesopotamia and Persia East Africa Gallipoli and elsewhere in the near and the far-east and in sacred memory also of those whose names are recorded and who fell in India or the north-west frontier and during the Third Afgan War.
India and World War One
India played a significant part in World War One. However, India’s part in the war is frequently overlooked as a result of the horrors experienced in trench warfare and by Europe’s tendency to home in on battles such as those fought at the Somme and Verdun, which many assume only Europeans fought in.
The Indian Army on campaign 1900-1939
The anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War One, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, popularly known around the world as the Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day.
Read Other Links:
British Indian Army
9th (Secunderabad) Division
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
12 Photos Of The Indian Army In The First World War
In pictures: Indian soldiers during World War One
The Indian sepoy in the First World War
World War I casualties of Indian Forces commemorated in France
WWI Medal Discovery Reveals Story of Forgotten Sikh Canadian Hero
Forgotten Heroes - The Muslim Contribution
Lest we forget
Soldiers of the 38th
An attempt at an ongoing mass biography of the officers and men of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War
Sikh Heritage Museum Of Canada Hosts Exhibition “In Remembrance – The Sikhs”
In August 1914, as the German Army advanced through France and Belgium, more Allied troops were desperately needed for the Western Front. The Indian Army, 161,000 strong, seemed an obvious source of trained men, and the Lahore and Meerut infantry divisions were selected for service in Europe.
Participants from Indian Sub-continent
One and a half million volunteers came forward from the estimated population of 315 million in the Indian subcontinent (present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - henceforth referred to, for convenience, as ‘India’). Check Compton History Link.
Military Casualties of World War One
How they suffered: World War One & Its Impact on Punjabis
INDIA GATE
Inscribed on top of India Gate in capital letters is the line:
To the dead of the Indian armies who fell honoured in France and Flanders Mesopotamia and Persia East Africa Gallipoli and elsewhere in the near and the far-east and in sacred memory also of those whose names are recorded and who fell in India or the north-west frontier and during the Third Afgan War.
India and World War One
India played a significant part in World War One. However, India’s part in the war is frequently overlooked as a result of the horrors experienced in trench warfare and by Europe’s tendency to home in on battles such as those fought at the Somme and Verdun, which many assume only Europeans fought in.
The Indian Army on campaign 1900-1939
The anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War One, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, popularly known around the world as the Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day.
Read Other Links:
British Indian Army
9th (Secunderabad) Division
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
12 Photos Of The Indian Army In The First World War
In pictures: Indian soldiers during World War One
The Indian sepoy in the First World War
World War I casualties of Indian Forces commemorated in France
WWI Medal Discovery Reveals Story of Forgotten Sikh Canadian Hero
Forgotten Heroes - The Muslim Contribution
Lest we forget
Soldiers of the 38th
An attempt at an ongoing mass biography of the officers and men of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War
Sikh Heritage Museum Of Canada Hosts Exhibition “In Remembrance – The Sikhs”
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