Feel free to move to news but I thought it would be best appreciated and more easily found in this section. As Britain and the Commonwealth prepare to mark Remembrance Day, the Commission has produced a DVD about the often-overlooked contribution made by servicemen and women from undivided India during the First World War, which is being sent to every school in the UK. Click the link below to see the film: :: CWGC ::=
Love the bit with Manta Singh's grandson with the grandson of officer he saved, Capt Henderson. Manta Singh. CWGC :: Casualty Details Name:MANTA SINGH Nationality:Indian Rank:Subadar Regiment/Service:15th Ludhiana Sikhs Date of Death:20/03/1915 Additional information:Son of Khem Singh, of Salempur, Masandan, Jullundur, Punjab. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery:PATCHAM DOWN INDIAN FORCES CREMATION MEMORIAL
Feel free to move to news but I thought it would be best appreciated and more easily found in this section. Click the link below to see the film: :: CWGC ::= For a somewhat different view of India and Great Britain at war, Madhusree Mukerjee's book, Churchill's Secret War, discusses the relationship between the two countries during the Second World War. Not at all what Mr. Churchill had in mind.