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*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents'' [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b633844?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Transportation on the Western Front, 1914-1918''] compiled  by Colonel AM Henniker, R E (ret) 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/84806 Pdf to download from the Digital Library of India]
 
*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents'' [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b633844?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Transportation on the Western Front, 1914-1918''] compiled  by Colonel AM Henniker, R E (ret) 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/84806 Pdf to download from the Digital Library of India]
 
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6454756 Volume of 14 Maps] National Library of Australia, with a description in the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6454756  catalogue entry].
 
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6454756 Volume of 14 Maps] National Library of Australia, with a description in the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6454756  catalogue entry].
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*French Official Histories: [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/inventaires/ead_ir_consult.php?fam=11&ref=FRSHD_AFGG_ead ''Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre''] sga.defense.gouv.fr. Eleven ''Tome''s, some with multiple volumes, mostly about the Western Front. With online  maps (Cartes) and  at times  panoramic sketches (Croquis panoramiques).
 
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'']  by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. Includes the First World War period, with chapters on  the British Expeditionary Force.  
 
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'']  by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. Includes the First World War period, with chapters on  the British Expeditionary Force.  
 
*[https://archive.org/details/armyservicecorps00puck ''Army Service Corps of the British Army, and, the organization of the transport and transportation at the front in France : lectures delivered before the officers of the Quartermaster Corps and Quartermaster Reserve Corps at Washington, D.C., May 1917''] by Lieut. Col.  F K Puckle, A S C, British Army. Archive.org.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/armyservicecorps00puck ''Army Service Corps of the British Army, and, the organization of the transport and transportation at the front in France : lectures delivered before the officers of the Quartermaster Corps and Quartermaster Reserve Corps at Washington, D.C., May 1917''] by Lieut. Col.  F K Puckle, A S C, British Army. Archive.org.

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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

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