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**[https://archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera02edmouoft ''Volume II October-November 1914''] 1925 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/3edmilitaryopera02edmouoft ''Volume II October-November 1914''] 1925 Archive.org
**From the Digital Library of India, available as pdf downloads
**From the Digital Library of India, available as pdf downloads
***[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210675 1915 Volume I], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210676 1915 Volume II]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210675 1915 Volume I], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210676 1915 Volume II]
***[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210678 1916], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210679 1916 Volume I], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210680 1916 Volume II], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210677 1916 Appendices]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210678 1916], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210679 1916 Volume I], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210680 1916 Volume II], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210677 1916 Appendices]
***[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210683 1917 Volume I], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210681 1917 Appendices] probably to Volume I. (Volume II details follow later).
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210683 1917 Volume I], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210681 1917 Appendices] probably to Volume I. (Volume II details follow later).
***[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210686  1918]: The great German offensive [21st March 1918] and its preliminaries (1935), [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210684 1918 Volume II], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210685 Volume III]
***[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210686  1918]: The great German offensive [21st March 1918] and its preliminaries (1935), [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210684 1918 Volume II], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210685 Volume III]
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3480009?urlappend=%3Bseq=7  ''1917 Volume II 7th June-10th November Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)''] published 1948. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3480009?urlappend=%3Bseq=7  ''1917 Volume II 7th June-10th November Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)''] published 1948. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*''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://www.new.dli.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].
*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).
*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://www.new.dli.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.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes chapters on the Western Front  (Part I).
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes chapters on the Western Front  (Part I).
*[https://archive.org/details/signalserviceine00prie ''The Signal Service in the European War of 1914-1918 (France)''] by R E Priestley (Late Major, R E) 1921 Archive.org. Includes information about the use of [https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/357/mode/1up carrier pigeons] (Index entry)
*[https://archive.org/details/signalserviceine00prie ''The Signal Service in the European War of 1914-1918 (France)''] by R E Priestley (Late Major, R E) 1921 Archive.org. Includes information about the use of [https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/357/mode/1up carrier pigeons] (Index entry)
**[https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/10/mode/2up/search/Indian Page 11] includes a very brief reference to the Indian Telegraph units of the Indian Army. These were very likely to have been men from the  [[Post and Telegraphs Department|Post and Telegraphs Department]] in India, who were appointed to the Army at the outbreak of war. Also see the following book.
**[https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/10/mode/2up/search/Indian Page 11] includes a very brief reference to the Indian Telegraph units of the Indian Army. These were very likely to have been men from the  [[Post and Telegraphs Department|Post and Telegraphs Department]] in India, who were appointed to the Army at the outbreak of war. Also see the following book.
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***IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1-6 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1  Dec 1916-Feb 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/2  Feb 1917-May 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/3  Apr 1917-Jul 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/4  May 1917-Oct 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/5  Aug 1917-Dec 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/6  Dec 1917-Mar 1918]
***IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1-6 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/1  Dec 1916-Feb 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/2  Feb 1917-May 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/3  Apr 1917-Jul 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/4  May 1917-Oct 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/5  Aug 1917-Dec 1917], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/827/6  Dec 1917-Mar 1918]
***IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1-3 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1  Jul 1915-May 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/2  Dec 1914-Jul 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/3  Jun 1915-May 1918]
***IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1-3 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/1  Jul 1915-May 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/2  Dec 1914-Jul 1918], [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/5/828/3  Jun 1915-May 1918]
*[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 as three different pdf downloads on the  Digital Library of India: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/54096 Pdf 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/173047 Pdf 2], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/201725 Pdf 3].
*[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 as three different pdf downloads on the  Digital Library of India: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/54096 Pdf 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/173047 Pdf 2], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201725 Pdf 3].
*[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
**[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of 'Promotions and Rewards']  page 347-382
**[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of 'Promotions and Rewards']  page 347-382

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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

Video and transcript: "Illiterate but Literary: The Censored Correspondence of Indian Soldiers in France, 1914-18" by Dr David Omissi, recorded on 2 November 2015 nam.ac.uk, including YouTube video.
See Historical books online, below.
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. "An outsider at war" by Richard Johnstone 4 June 2012. Inside Story.
  7. Liz in Eastbourne. Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand Great War Forum 3 March 2106. Retrieved 4 March 2016