India – Page 4 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Lieutenant Frank de Pass, the first person of the Jewish faith and the first Indian Army Officer to receive Victoria Cross

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.

December 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Delhi 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

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth 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..

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth 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.

February 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Neuve 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.

March 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Leeds 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.

March 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Leeds 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.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Neuve 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.

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 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.