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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/india_wwone_01.shtml India and the Western Front]  Article by Dr David Omissi on BBC History website.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/india_wwone_01.shtml India and the Western Front]  Article by Dr David Omissi on BBC History website.
*[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/khudadad-khan-ghulam-haider-hollebke-east-africa.php Khudadad Khan and Ghulam Haider of the 129th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchis] For his remarkable courage, at the village of Hollebeke, near Ypres in Belgium. Khudadad Khan was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross. cwgc.org
*[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/khudadad-khan-ghulam-haider-hollebke-east-africa.php Khudadad Khan and Ghulam Haider of the 129th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchis] For his remarkable courage, at the village of Hollebeke, near Ypres in Belgium. Khudadad Khan was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross. cwgc.org
*[http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2012/letters-from-the-west/ Letters from the West] Reports of the Censor of Indian Mails in France. Links to online digitsed manuscripts from India Office Records. generalist.org.uk/
*[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/21/found-translation-indias-first-world-war  "The last post: letters home to India during the first world war"] by Daljit Nagra 21 February 2014. ''The Guardian''. [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2015/09/letters-from-indian-soldiers-26-september-1915.html "Letters from Indian Soldiers, 26 September 1915"] 26 September 2015. British Library Untold lives blog. [http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2012/letters-from-the-west/ Letters from the West] Reports of the Censor of Indian Mails in France. generalist.org.uk. See Historical books online, below.
*[https://undereveryleaf.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/the-indian-memorial-at-neuve-chapelle/ The Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapelle]  with Photographs. undereveryleaf.wordpress.com
*[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.ww1cemeteries.com/othercemeteries/neuvechapelleindian.htm Neuve Chapelle Memorial] ww1cemeteries.com
:[http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/othercemeteries/neuvechapelleindian.htm Neuve Chapelle Memorial] ww1cemeteries.com
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*[http://www.army.gov.au/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/Primary%20Materials/World%20War%20One%201914-1918/Documents/A%20Record%20of%20the%20Battles%20and%20Engagements%20of%20the%20British%20Armies%201914-1918.pdf  ''A Record of the Battles and Engagements of the British Armies in France and Flanders 1914-1918''] by Captain E A James 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals T A  1924. army.gov.au
*[http://www.army.gov.au/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/Primary%20Materials/World%20War%20One%201914-1918/Documents/A%20Record%20of%20the%20Battles%20and%20Engagements%20of%20the%20British%20Armies%201914-1918.pdf  ''A Record of the Battles and Engagements of the British Armies in France and Flanders 1914-1918''] by Captain E A James 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals T A  1924. army.gov.au
*''The British Campaign in France and Flanders''  by Arthur Conan Doyle [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni01doyl  ''1914 Volume I''] 2nd Edition 1916; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni02doyluoft ''1915 Volume II''] 2nd Edition 1917; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaign03doyl  ''1916 Volume III''] 1918; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni04doyluoft  ''1917 Volume IV''] 1919; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaign00doyluoft  ''January to July 1918 Volume V''] 1919; [https://archive.org/details/cihm_76792 ''July to November 1918 Volume VI''] 1920.
*''The British Campaign in France and Flanders''  by Arthur Conan Doyle [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni01doyl  ''1914 Volume I''] 2nd Edition 1916; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni02doyluoft ''1915 Volume II''] 2nd Edition 1917; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaign03doyl  ''1916 Volume III''] 1918; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigni04doyluoft  ''1917 Volume IV''] 1919; [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaign00doyluoft  ''January to July 1918 Volume V''] 1919; [https://archive.org/details/cihm_76792 ''July to November 1918 Volume VI''] 1920.
*[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
*[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 see [http://www.europeana-collections-1914-1918.eu/tag/india-office-records/ europeana-collections-1914-1918.eu], 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/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 1927
**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 1927

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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.

Related articles

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

Maps

  • "How to read a Trench Map" by Howard Anderson, October 2008 Western Front Association.
  • Western Front Maps from McMaster University, Canada. Text Search using Place Name or Trench Name.
  • National Library of Scotland WW1 Trench Maps. View maps overlaid on a modern map. Allows you to swap between trench map and modern map. On the left hand side you will see a slider to change the transparency between the trench map and the underlying modern map.
  • Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter muninn-project.org. Allows you to enter specific map references.
  • The National Archives series WO 153 "War Office: War of 1914-1918: Maps and Plans" is another source of maps, although the maps themselves do not appear to be available online. The catalogue may be searched through Discovery. The maps and plans in this series were collected from various sources, mainly for use by the Official War Historians, and as such were originally held in the Cabinet Office Historical Section. Many were extracted from regimental war diaries. More details, Western Front maps.

Historical books online

Volume of 14 Maps National Library of Australia, with a description in the catalogue entry.

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
  5. Larkin, Roy. The Motor-Bus in War. A.M.Beatson , 1918 Historic Military Vehicle Forum 8 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. Liz in Eastbourne. Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand Great War Forum 3 March 2106. Retrieved 4 March 2016