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…
During the winter of 1914-15, the war, expected by many to be over by Christmas, took a breath as both sides dug in along the Western Front. Rank and file remained cheerfully oblivious to the long bloody onslaught that awaited them. Instead, during these early…
On October 21st 1914 Mewa Singh, a Ghadarite, assassinated William Hopkinson on the streets of Vancouver, on the very day Punjabi soldiers first entered the line of fire in Europe in the first World War. Both would make the ultimate sacrifice upholding the time honoured…
A French Officer’s account. Excerpt : The Evening Post Thursday Dec 31st 1914 “It was a curious sight to all of us, French or English, the day when the Indians arrived in a dreary little town of Northern France … Suddenly the Indian Lancers appeared,…