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Forgotten Sacrifices & Friendships Unknown – now set in stone in Vernon BC

Posted by IMFC Admin in Art, British Indian Army, Canadian Army, Indian Army, Remember Them, Sikh Soldiers, World War 1, WW1

Forgotten Sacrifices & Friendships Unknown – now set in stone in Vernon BC To mark the centennial of the battle of the Somme IMFC was recently honoured by Vernon Military Tattoo event organisers with a prime location for the Duty, Honour Izzat display. Installed…

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Lions to the Slaughter

Posted by IMFC Admin in Gallantry, Indian Army, Sikh Soldiers, World War 1, WW1

WW1 Punjab’s Defenders of the Crown On April 25 1915 an Allied force of 5 divisions, 4 British and 1 French, landed on the southern tip of Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula. Commanded by General Sir Ian Hamilton their objective was to fight their way through all…

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Men Of Steel

Posted by IMFC Admin in Gallantry, Sikh Soldiers, Soldiers Loyalty, Soldiers Stories, Wartime Heroes, World War 1, WW1

On this Victoria Day 100 years ago, Canadian & Punjabi mettle thrilled the Empire. In the spring of 1915, while the British 2nd Army continued the fight to defend Ypres in Belgium, the 1st British Army under Sir Douglas Haig began a co-operative assault with…

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All The King’s Men

Posted by IMFC Admin in British Indian Army, Canadian Army, Sikh Soldiers, World War 1, WW1

In sacred fields of tomorrows lost, lie eastern sons of a foreign soil, desolate, where the poppies blow, their names known only unto God. In Remembrance of the men of the Canadian & Indian Expeditionary forces that gave their lives for King & Crown, in…

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