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====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default.aspx The British Library digitised manuscripts] include some India Office Records relating to the First World War. A  search using the key word India, and adjustment of the dates will locate the documents , or the direct links include
**IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2384  [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Ior/l/mil/17/5/2384 Indian Force for Europe]. India Office Military Dept, 6 Sep 1914
**IOR/V/27/281/33 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=67&ref=Ior/v/27/281/33 ''Neuve Chapelle, India's Memorial in France, 1914-18'']. Published by authority of the Imperial War Graves Commission London 192
*[https://archive.org/details/indiancorpsinfra00ltco ''The Indian Corps in France''] by  Lt-Colonel J.W.B. Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith.  Second edition 1919 (first edition December 1917) Archive.org. To read the book you may require a  BitTorrent plug in.  Another version from archive.org is catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/TheIndianCorpsInRance ''The Indian Corps in Rance''] and may require a  DjVu plug in, or individual pages can be accessed which use the Tiff format. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiancorpsinfra00ltco ''The Indian Corps in France''] by  Lt-Colonel J.W.B. Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith.  Second edition 1919 (first edition December 1917) Archive.org. To read the book you may require a  BitTorrent plug in.  Another version from archive.org is catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/TheIndianCorpsInRance ''The Indian Corps in Rance''] and may require a  DjVu plug in, or individual pages can be accessed which use the Tiff format. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/n3/mode/2up  ''With the Indians in France''] by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/382/mode/2up Index], page 383
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/n3/mode/2up  ''With the Indians in France''] by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/382/mode/2up Index], page 383

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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
  3. Indian infantry unit war diaries go online The National Archives