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Sikh Voices of the Great War with Sukwinder Bassi

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The Great War produced a vast literature of novels, poems and myths, but the story of Sikh soldiers at this time is mostly forgotten. The book on which this talk is based seeks to address this by telling the story of the war through the eyes of the Sikh soldier and Sikh people, examining their war time experiences of the Western Front, England a...


'The Indian Army at Hampton Court Palace' by Dr Tejpal Singh Ralmill

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Caption: Indian Army officers at Hampton Court, pre-Great War About the talk: Why did over 4,000 soldiers from the Indian Army visit Hampton Court Palace over 100 years ago? They bivouacked there on a number of occasions in the early 20th century as they were invited to join the coronation celebrations of Edward VII (1902), George V (1911) and G...