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==Western Front==
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.. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/india_wwone_01.shtml India and the Western Front] bbc.co.uk/history </ref>
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.
*[http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-indian-forces.htm Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres] greatwar.co.uk
*[http://www.hcilondon.in/ebook/valour/ Valour and Sacrifice. The First Indian Soldiers in Europe 1914-1916] Website of High Commission of India in London.
*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/18.html Record Of Work [in France<nowiki>]</nowiki> Of Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service For India] Scarletfinders
*From December 1914 to February 1916 the [http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/Pages/home.aspx Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Sussex UK] was used as a hospital for troops from the Indian corps who had been wounded during WW1 in France and Flanders and now contains the [http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/whattosee/Pages/indianhospital.aspx Indian Military Hospital gallery]. This [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8589634.stm BBC news item] contains photographic detail from the permanent exhibition opened in April 2010. It also contains further links to articles highlighting other ways in which the Indian troops of WW1 have been remembered in the Sussex area.<br>
**[http://www.sikhmuseum.com/brighton Doctor Brighton's Pavilion] is an 'Online Exhibit' from sikhmuseum.com with much information.
**[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rYeYeqLcF8kAdCJ1T2U6KI/Brighton-England--Remains-of-a-faraway-battle.html Brighton, England : Remains of a faraway battle] by Sidin Vadukut May 11 2013. www.livemint.com. The Chattri Memorial to Indian soldiers who fought in World War I
*The Lady Hardinge Hospital at Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, was for wounded Indian soldiers 1915-mid 1916. For more details see [[Nurse#First World War hospital for wounded Indian soldiers|Nurse]]
====Historical books online====
*[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/ourindiansatmars00bibiuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Our Indians at Marseilles''] by Massia Bibikoff ; with an introduction by Maurice Barrès ; translated by Leonard Huxley ; with 50 illustrations by the author. 1915 Archive.org
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[http://www.fibis.org/membership.htm Fibis members] can contact [http://www.fibis.org/research.htm Fibis research] should they wish to access further detail from these records. [mailto:research@fibis.org research@fibis.org]
==Mesopotamia==
== Related articles ==
*[[Western Front]]
*[[Medals]]
*[[POW Camps in India#First World War|POW Camps in India - First World War]]
