The First World War contribution of Dulmial village, in present day Pakistan Dr Irfan Malik

This illustrated talk tells the story of the 460 soldiers (including speakers great grandfathers, Capt Ghulam Mohammed and Subedar Mohammad Khan) from Dulmail village – then part of the Indian Empire, now in present day Pakistan – who fought in the Great War and their subsequent reward of a 200-year-old British cannon. The talk also explores the wider role of the Muslim soldiers in the First World War.