On November 25 2014, UK Communities Secretary Eric Pickles joined tributes to Lieutenant Frank de Pass, the first person of the Jewish faith and the first Indian Army Officer to receive the Victoria Cross at an event in Whitehall.
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Blog talks of rethink about the role of the Indian soldiers in the First World War
Shashi Tharoor, an author and member of the Indian National Congress, has written a blog about the 1.3 million Indian troops who served in the First World War.
Continue readingDelhi exhibition to pay tribute to Indian soldiers of World War I
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has opened ‘India and the First World War – Commemorating 100 years of the Great War 1914-1918’, a photographic exhibition about Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in WWI
Continue readingCommonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers
Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have been made available to researchers and members of the public..
Continue readingCommonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers
Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have been made available to researchers and members of the public.
Continue readingNeuve Chapelle Centenary March 2015: France pays tribute to role of Indian troops
Events are being held in France in March 2015 to remember the Indian soldiers who fought alongside the British Army at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 100 years ago.
Continue readingLeeds remembers Indian student who fought as Yorkshire volunteer
Historians have shed new light on the story of the only Indian soldier among a group of Yorkshire volunteers who fought on the Western Front. Peter Alhadeff reports.
Continue readingLeeds remembers Indian student who fought as Yorkshire volunteer
Historians have shed new light on the story of the only Indian soldier among a group of Yorkshire volunteers who fought on the Western Front. Peter Alhadeff reports.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Britain launched its first set-piece offensive on the Western Front on March 10th 1915, attacking the Germans at Neuve Chapelle in Northern France.
Continue readingNeuve Chapelle Centenary: Britain’s tribute to Indian forces
As well as India’s Centenary commemorations, Britain also honoured the First World War role of Indian soldiers on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
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