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A Perspective on the Western Front by an Army Officer from India by Dr. DeWitt C. Ellinwood

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This article first appeared in the January 2020 edition of Stand To! the journal of The Western Front Association. Members receive Stand To! three times a year and our in-house magazine Bulletin three times a year. Digital Members receive these in digital form and have access to them online. All members have access to the Stand To! archive compr...


'The Indian Army, the Great War, and the Question of Manpower' by Adam Prime

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Adam Prime will speak on 'The Indian Army, the Great War, and the Question of Manpower'. The Indian Army went from 240,000 men in 1914 to 1.3 million in 1918. This talk explores how enlistment and training were changing not only to incorporate many more recruits but also people traditionally not recruited at all. Officers were a challenge, as ne...