INDIAN TROOPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
During a march past of Indian troops, a woman pins flowers on to the tunic of one of the soldiers.
© IWM (Q 70214)
THE BRITISH EMPIRE TROOPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
Burmese workers reading Burmese papers sent them from England; near Contalmaison, 2nd September 1917.
Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant)
(Photographer)
© IWM (Q 2788)
THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, APRIL-MAY 1917
Forward scouts of the 9th Hodson's Horse (Bengal Lancers), Indian Army, pause to consult a map, near Vraignes, April 1917.
Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant)
(Photographer)
© IWM (Q 2061)
THE INDIAN ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Indian troops stand around or sit on their packs as they prepare to leave their base.
© IWM (Q 70213)
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA (MIDDLE EAST) DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Indian Cavalryman finds two starving Christian girls on the desert and gives them half his rations which at the time was a short ration.
© IWM (Q 24724)
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA (MIDDLE EAST) DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
A line of Islamic Indian troops knelt down and in prayer at their camp, part of which can be seen in the background.
Varges, Ariel
© IWM (Q 24572)
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
Troops of the West Indies Regiment cleaning their rifles on the Albert - Amiens road, September 1916.
Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer)
© IWM (Q 1201)
THE CAMPAIGN IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA, 1914-1918
Men of the 1/4th King's African Rifles at Njombe, German East Africa. Formed at the beginning of the century from tribesmen in British East Africa (now Kenya) and Uganda, the KAR bore the brunt of most of the fighting during the campaign.
Knox-Gore W Saunders (Lt Col)
© IWM (Q 34470)
THE CAMPAIGN IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA, 1914-1918
Native ‘carriers’ at work in Togoland, c1914. In east Africa in particular, some two million Africans served as soldiers or ‘carriers’ during a protracted campaign that lasted until the very end of the war.
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FRENCH FORCES IN THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN, 1915-1918
French Indo-Chinese Marine Infantry (Tirailleurs indochinois) of either the 1st or 2nd Battalion Tirailleurs Annamites rest in a military camp near Salonika soon after their arrival in Macedonia, May 1916.
Varges, Ariel (Photographer)
© IWM (Q 32004)
FRENCH FORCES IN THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN, 1915-1918
French Indo-Chinese Marine Infantry (Tirailleurs indochinois) of either the 1st or 2nd Battalion Tirailleurs Annamites in a military camp near Salonika soon after their arrival in Macedonia, May 1916.
Varges, Ariel (Photographer)
© IWM (Q 32005)
JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICERS
Imperial Japanese Navy officers sitting on a beach on the Mediterranean island of Malta
Malta's National War Museum