Dulmial village in the Great War
This presentation tells how 460 soldiers from a small village in India, but now in Pakistan, fought in the Great War and were rewarded with a 200-year-old British cannon. Dr Malik also explores the wider role that Muslim soldiers played in the First World War.
This is one of three lectures given at the WFA's AGM and Conference in 2024
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