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==Recommended reading==
Recommended by Peter Moore on the [[Military reading list]]
<br>"''Sepoy in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-15'' by Gordon Corrigan, Kent, UK; first edition. 1999; 16 plates; 9 maps; hardcover; 274 pp. An excellent, updated account of the sufferings and heroism of the Indian regiments sent to France in the bitterest of winters clad only in tropical uniforms until transferred to the Mesopotamian Campaign in 1915. The author, a retired Major (late Royal Gurkha Rifles and ex-10GR), 1998), has an authentic feel for the old Indian Army and the times".
“Well worth tracking a copy, both as a fascinating book and a display of how good military history should be written.“<ref> Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=214566&p=2122791 Indian Re-evaluation]  by David Filsell 17 July 2014</ref>
For an interview with  the author Gordon Corrigan, see below.
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[https://undereveryleaf.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/the-indian-memorial-at-neuve-chapelle/ The Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapelle]  with Photographs. undereveryleaf.wordpress.com
*[http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-indian-forces.htm Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres] greatwar.co.uk
*[http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-indian-forces.htm Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres] greatwar.co.uk
*[http://www.hcilondon.in/ebook/valour/ Valour and Sacrifice. The First Indian Soldiers in Europe 1914-1916] Website of High Commission of India in London.  
*[http://www.hcilondon.in/ebook/valour/ Valour and Sacrifice. The First Indian Soldiers in Europe 1914-1916] Website of High Commission of India in London.  
*[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/9dGlURRrd8GjqIk3YAkJjO/The-men-who-cut-the-war-short.html "The men who cut the war short"]  by Sidin Vadukut June 28 2014 Livemint. An interview with Gordon Corrigan, author of ''Sepoy in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-15''
*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/18.html Record Of Work [in France<nowiki>]</nowiki> Of Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service For India] Scarletfinders
*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/18.html Record Of Work [in France<nowiki>]</nowiki> Of Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service For India] Scarletfinders
*[http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/Pages/home.aspx Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Sussex UK] Used as a hospital for troops from the Indian corps who had been wounded during WW1 in France and Flanders and now contains the [http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/whattosee/Pages/indianhospital.aspx Indian Military Hospital gallery].  
*[http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/Pages/home.aspx Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Sussex UK] Used as a hospital for troops from the Indian corps who had been wounded during WW1 in France and Flanders and now contains the [http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/whattosee/Pages/indianhospital.aspx Indian Military Hospital gallery].  

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As the First World War progressed more troops were needed for the Western Front. To meet this demand Expeditionary Force A from India was sent to reinforce the British Troops – particularly in France.. [1]

Many men who fell during these campaigns are honoured by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Amongst these are 4,742 soldiers from India whose names are recorded on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial in France. In 1964 these names were expanded to also commemorate 210 servicemen of India whose graves at Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery in East Germany could not be maintained.

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Recommended reading

Recommended by Peter Moore on the Military reading list
"Sepoy in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-15 by Gordon Corrigan, Kent, UK; first edition. 1999; 16 plates; 9 maps; hardcover; 274 pp. An excellent, updated account of the sufferings and heroism of the Indian regiments sent to France in the bitterest of winters clad only in tropical uniforms until transferred to the Mesopotamian Campaign in 1915. The author, a retired Major (late Royal Gurkha Rifles and ex-10GR), 1998), has an authentic feel for the old Indian Army and the times".

“Well worth tracking a copy, both as a fascinating book and a display of how good military history should be written.“[2]

For an interview with the author Gordon Corrigan, see below.

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. India and the Western Front bbc.co.uk/history
  2. Great War Forum thread Indian Re-evaluation by David Filsell 17 July 2014