The GreatWar 1914-1918
Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres
Detail of the three lion heads on the Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres.
This memorial was unveiled in a ceremony in March 2011. It is dedicated to the 130,000 troops of the Indian Forces who served in Flanders during the Great War of 1914-1918. 9,000 members of the Indian Expeditionary Force died as casualties in France and Flanders, not only due to the nature of their injuries in battle but also due to the severe winter weather conditions they were exposed to.
India and the Western Front
The Indian Army fought in every major theatre of operations during World War One. Letters home from Indian soldiers on the Western Front offer extraordinary insights into their feelings about the conflict and their impressions of European culture.
The Indian Army on campaign 1900-1939
The Indian Army of the Raj has no parallel in history. From its early beginning in the seventeenth century as a handful of men raised by the East India Company to guard its factories, the Indian Army would grow and develop into a highly professional fighting force that was to be the second largest in the British Empire.
During the Great War of 1914-1918, The Indian Army sent hundreds of thousands of desperately needed soldiers to the fields of France & Flanders, the rocks of Gallipoli & Salonika, the mountains of East Africa & the North-West Frontier, and the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia & Persia. By the time of the Armistice, the Indian Army emerged with a fighting record second to none, and could take pride in the work they had done.
During the 1920's and 1930's, the Indian Army remained busy fighting on the Frontiers of India, while regimental life and sport maintained a high level of professionalism and esprit de corps. This site is dedicated to the British & Indian Officers and Indian Other Ranks who served in the Indian Army during these years. It is not a general history as such, rather it is more of an anthology whose purpose is to help flesh out the history of the Indian Army in a manner that a general history cannot.
Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres
This memorial was unveiled in a ceremony in March 2011. It is dedicated to the 130,000 troops of the Indian Forces who served in Flanders during the Great War of 1914-1918. 9,000 members of the Indian Expeditionary Force died as casualties in France and Flanders, not only due to the nature of their injuries in battle but also due to the severe winter weather conditions they were exposed to.
India and the Western Front
The Indian Army fought in every major theatre of operations during World War One. Letters home from Indian soldiers on the Western Front offer extraordinary insights into their feelings about the conflict and their impressions of European culture.
The Indian Army on campaign 1900-1939
The Indian Army of the Raj has no parallel in history. From its early beginning in the seventeenth century as a handful of men raised by the East India Company to guard its factories, the Indian Army would grow and develop into a highly professional fighting force that was to be the second largest in the British Empire.
During the Great War of 1914-1918, The Indian Army sent hundreds of thousands of desperately needed soldiers to the fields of France & Flanders, the rocks of Gallipoli & Salonika, the mountains of East Africa & the North-West Frontier, and the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia & Persia. By the time of the Armistice, the Indian Army emerged with a fighting record second to none, and could take pride in the work they had done.
During the 1920's and 1930's, the Indian Army remained busy fighting on the Frontiers of India, while regimental life and sport maintained a high level of professionalism and esprit de corps. This site is dedicated to the British & Indian Officers and Indian Other Ranks who served in the Indian Army during these years. It is not a general history as such, rather it is more of an anthology whose purpose is to help flesh out the history of the Indian Army in a manner that a general history cannot.
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