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*[https://archive.org/details/vocabularygerma00britgoog ''Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations''] by Army War College [USA] “Reprint of a British Document” 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/vocabularygerma00britgoog ''Vocabulary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations''] by Army War College [USA] “Reprint of a British Document” 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/heroesheroicdeed00mackiala#page/98/mode/2up "Indians' Daring Feats"], page 99 ''Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War'' by Donald A Mackenzie 1916. Archive.org. A book for younger readers.
*[https://archive.org/stream/heroesheroicdeed00mackiala#page/98/mode/2up "Indians' Daring Feats"], page 99 ''Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War'' by Donald A Mackenzie 1916. Archive.org. A book for younger readers.
*A novel:  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/503004 ''Across The Black Waters''] by  Mulk Raj Anand 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  A novel about Indian (Punjabi) soldiers who have crossed the black waters, against all the advice of their forefathers that calamity would befall anyone who went overseas, to join the British and their allies on the Western Front. The author was born in Peshawar in 1905, so was too young for first-hand experience of the war, but the book has a very authentic feel, suggesting that he not only did his research in books but also listened to the stories of older men who came back. He grew up in military cantonments, according to the introduction.<ref> Liz in Eastbourne. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=236997&hl=  Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand] ''Great War Forum'' 3 March 2106. Retrieved 4 March 2016</ref> [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000806/spectrum/books.htm#5 Review]  by Randeep Wadehra, August 6, 2000 ''The Tribune''
*A novel:  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/503004 ''Across The Black Waters''] by  Mulk Raj Anand. Reprint edition, originally published 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  A novel about Indian (Punjabi) soldiers who have crossed the black waters, against all the advice of their forefathers that calamity would befall anyone who went overseas, to join the British and their allies on the Western Front. The author was born in Peshawar in 1905, so was too young for first-hand experience of the war, but the book has a very authentic feel, suggesting that he not only did his research in books but also listened to the stories of older men who came back. He grew up in military cantonments, according to the introduction.<ref> Liz in Eastbourne. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=236997&hl=  Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand] ''Great War Forum'' 3 March 2106. Retrieved 4 March 2016</ref> [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000806/spectrum/books.htm#5 Review]  by Randeep Wadehra, August 6, 2000 ''The Tribune''
*A novel: [https://archive.org/details/hirasinghwhenind00mund ''Hira Singh: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''] by Talbot Mundy.  Archive.org.  Published in Britain as  ''Hira Singh's Tale: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''.  Serialized in ''Adventure'' magazine, October 18 - December 3, 1917. Published in book form 1918. A fictional account of a cavalry regiment taken prisoners of war by the Germans.
*A novel: [https://archive.org/details/hirasinghwhenind00mund ''Hira Singh: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''] by Talbot Mundy.  Archive.org.  Published in Britain as  ''Hira Singh's Tale: When India Came to Fight in Flanders''.  Serialized in ''Adventure'' magazine, October 18 - December 3, 1917. Published in book form 1918. A fictional account of a cavalry regiment taken prisoners of war by the Germans.
*A romantic novel: [https://archive.org/details/55230680R.nlm.nih.gov ''The Nurse's Story : In Which Reality Meets Romance''] by Adele Bleneau 1915 Archive.org.  The hero of this romantic novel is a Captain in the Ludhiana Sikhs (page 97).  There are suggestions that when it was published the book  was considered to be fictionalized memoirs, perhaps  not written under the author’s actual name. A film based on the book was made in 1919. The book is from the collection of the US National Library of Medicine, so perhaps is considered to have a realistic nursing background. For a [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19150807&id=YMUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4225,1611451&hl=en review of this novel] scroll if necessary to  page 7, 5th column of the ''Pittsburgh Press'' (newspaper) dated August 7, 1917.
*A romantic novel: [https://archive.org/details/55230680R.nlm.nih.gov ''The Nurse's Story : In Which Reality Meets Romance''] by Adele Bleneau 1915 Archive.org.  The hero of this romantic novel is a Captain in the Ludhiana Sikhs (page 97).  There are suggestions that when it was published the book  was considered to be fictionalized memoirs, perhaps  not written under the author’s actual name. A film based on the book was made in 1919. The book is from the collection of the US National Library of Medicine, so perhaps is considered to have a realistic nursing background. For a [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19150807&id=YMUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4225,1611451&hl=en review of this novel] scroll if necessary to  page 7, 5th column of the ''Pittsburgh Press'' (newspaper) dated August 7, 1917.

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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.

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

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