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For an interview with  the author Gordon Corrigan, see below.
For an interview with  the author Gordon Corrigan, see below.
==Indian treacle (opium)==
On the Western Front, Sikh troops were supplied with Indian treacle, an euphemism for opium, which was part of their ration.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xhwJQavg7BsC&lpg=PA66&ots=MPzXpdJK7b&dq=%22Indian%20treacle%22%20opium&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=%22Indian%20treacle%22%20opium&f=false page 66], ''‪British Logistics on the Western Front: 1914-1919''‬ by Malcolm Brown. quoting end notes 84,  85 WO 95/74 Director of Supplies, War Diary 29 October 1914, 1 November 1914 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xhwJQavg7BsC&pg=PA72  page 72] </ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 07:39, 17 August 2015

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.

Indian treacle (opium)

On the Western Front, Sikh troops were supplied with Indian treacle, an euphemism for opium, which was part of their ration.[3]

External links

Neuve Chapelle Memorial ww1cemeteries.com

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
  3. page 66, ‪British Logistics on the Western Front: 1914-1919‬ by Malcolm Brown. quoting end notes 84, 85 WO 95/74 Director of Supplies, War Diary 29 October 1914, 1 November 1914 page 72
  4. Indian infantry unit war diaries go online The National Archives