2-716-891 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Indian soldiers in France, First World War, 1914, (c1920). A Sikh regiment on the march. Over one million Indian troops in the British Indian Army (of the Raj) fought in the European, Mediterranean and the Middle East theatres of war. At least 74,187 Indian soldiers died, with 67,000 wounded. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume I, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]