The Indian Army in World War I

THE INDIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR I, 1914-18

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	A Havildar and Sepoys from the 39th Garwhal Rifles in France, 1915.
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	Painting by Terence Cuneo of the 1/6th Gurkha Rifles, storming the crest of the Sari Bair - the highest point of the Gallipoli Peninsular on 09 August 1915. Triumph soon turned into tragedy when a salvo of shells from an unknown source caused havoc and left the unsupported Gurkhas unable to hold their ground.
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	6th Anglo-Indian Division was besieged in Kut-al-Amara on the banks of the River Tigris by the Turks and their German advisors between 07 December 1915 and 29 April 1916. The siege would end in defeat when all relief efforts failed and the garrison surrendered due to starvation and disease. This image shows one of the few defences the garrison had against German-Turkish Air Force attacks.
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	A Grenadier from 114th Marathas at Kut-al-Amara, Mesopotamia, 1916.
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	A recon patrol of the Hodsons Horse near Vraignes, France. April 1917.
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	A Gurkha soldier using a trench periscope in Palestine, 1917.
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	Men from the 2/6th Gurkha Rifles march north towards the battle of Khan Baghdadi on 22 March 1918.
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	Calcutta University Territorials, 1918. Armed with U.S. Model 1914 rifles and Pattern 1913 bayonets. Standing second from right, with glasses, is Subhas Chandra Bose, who in later years rose to become the leader of the famed Indian National Army.
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	Early signs of the effect of an air attack - a Lewis machine gun placed on an anti-aircraft mounting, manned by members of the Jat Regiment, in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). Circa World War I.
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	Officers of the 2/6th Gurkha Rifles take time out from the Mesopotamia (Iraq) Campaign to dig for artefacts. The item they dug up in this picture was believed to be the lintel of a doorpost from the Temple of Diana. It now serves as a doorstop at the former barracks of the Regiment in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Circa World War I.
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