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[http://www.1914-1918.net/inddivs.htm The Indian Divisions of 1914-1918] on 1914-1918.net
Militarian Military History Forum post [http://www.militarian.com/threads/indian-units-listed-by-cwgc-ww1.3629 Indian units listed by CWGC- WW1] ====Anglo-Indians====
This [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023223906#page/n185/mode/2up link] is a speech made 23 December 1916, by Lord Chelmsford, Governor General of India, which refers to the Anglo-Indian Force.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023223906#page/n185/mode/2up ''Speeches by Lord Chelmsford, viceroy and governor general of India''], page 172, 1919 Archive.org</ref> This Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=121677 post] describes the The Anglo Indian Battery, an Artillery unit which was part of the Anglo Indian Force. The battery , served in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] and returned to India at the end of the war and was based at Trimulgherry. The Government of India decided the unit should be a permanent part of the forces, but it appears not to have survived the cuts of the post war slump
==== Temporary Commissions & Indian Army Reserve of Officers 1917-1921 ====
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*Indian Expeditionary Force G served in the Gallipoli Campaign
=== The Indian Divisions of 1914-1918 <ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/inddivs.htm "The Indian Divisions of 1914-1918" ] The Long, Long Trail. The British Army of 1914-1918 - for family historians] accessed 18 Feb 2014</ref> ===
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“Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1914, brought immediate mobilization in India and by 1915, the British war drain produced hundreds of officer vacancies in the regular army which became accessible to Anglo-Indians for the first time since the East India Company's ban of 1791. Conscription was enforced systematically among the Anglo-Indians at odds with the experience of other Indian communities treated more leniently. (Abel:1988) By 1916, perhaps 8,000 Anglo-Indians had joined British units as in the case of the many "India-born" recruits accepted by the [[39th Regiment of Foot| Dorset Regiment]]. Jhansi's Anglo-Indian Battery, part of the Anglo-Indian Force, attached to the 77th Royal Field Artillery, had the largest concentration of Anglo-Indian conscripts and volunteers and earned a distinguished record in the Mesopotamian conflict. In total, 50-75% of the adult Anglo-Indian population saw active service although non-emergency enlistment in the British Army remained closed to them. (Dover:1937) Most were immediately sent abroad while others were employed by the sudden munitions and supply boom, for instance, at Kanpur where the army's leather processing centre had been located since after the Mutiny. (Thomas:1982)” <ref>
[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/mills1.html "Some Comments on stereotypes of the Anglo-Indians: Part II"] by Megan Stuart Mills from the International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies 1996, quoting
*[25] Anonymous (ed.), ''The Anglo-Indian Force, 1916'' (Allahabad, 1918), p.40. This book is available in the India Office Records at the [[British Library]] [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-2&cid=1-1-1-3-33#1-1-1-3-33 IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4318]</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023223906#page/n185/mode/2up Speech by Lord Chelmsford, Governor General of India] mentioning Anglo-Indian Force - Archive.org
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army_during_World_War_I Indian Army during World War I] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_of_World_War_I_involving_British_India Battles of WWI involving British India] Wikipedia
