Subedar Manta Singh Johal, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs Son of Khem Singh of Salempur, Masandan, Jalandhar PUNJAB Born : 1870 / Died : March 20, 1915 On this day 100 years ago an injured Indian soldier tragically died from wounds sustained in a courageous act of…
The storm that had loomed large on the horizon broke on March 10th. 100 years ago today the battle of Neuve Chapelle first tore open the Western Front. The Lahore Division had landed in France 6 months in September 1914 , its ranks on a…
The winter of 1914-15 had paralysed an overwhelming German force, entrenching it in a frozen scar across the French & Belgian landscape. While the winter would be hard on everyone, Indian moral remained high as the battered allies glad for the respite settled into a…