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Die in battle, do not despair : the Indians on Gallipoli, 1915

Die in battle, do not despair : the Indians on Gallipoli, 1915
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Die in battle, do not despair : the Indians on Gallipoli, 1915
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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
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Auckland Museum Collections
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"In 1915 about 15,000 Indian troops - two or three times as many as previously thought - served in the dramatic and doomed eight-month Gallipoli campaign. Their part in the invasion of Gallipoli has lain largely unknown since the publication of long disregarded regimental histories and forgotten British officers' memoirs. Force G, as it came to be known, included Sikhs, Hindus and Punjabi Musalmans (as Muslim soldiers were called) and four battalions of Gurkhas. They served in an infantry bri...

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Date created
2015
Creator
United Service Institution of India / Peter Stanley
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https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1140201
Locations
Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Related subjects
Gurkha soldiers / Soldiers--India / World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Indian / World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula / India--Armed Forces--History--20th century / India--History, Military--20th century

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