Remembering Indian Soldiers in FWW (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh . .) with UK centenary edition of novel Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand, & accompanying events
My book 'Asia in Flanders Fields. Indians and Chinese on the Western Front, 1914-20' will be launched at the National Army Museum on 16 December. All welcome. https://t.co/5NRiMWu56P
@hannahcusworth These are the @mirrorpix images shared with us by @TMArchivist, taken by Horace Grant, pioneer Daily Mirror press photographer. See short film https://t.co/irZc7CwNsQ. They illustrate historical background of 1st chapters of novel - Marseille & Orleans
The Lochnagar Crater Foundation - Somme Memorial - History https://t.co/wUEPXxQeNB As ever on 1st July a message of Peace and Reconciliation on this 104th anniversary posted this morning following a small commemoration at the Crater
If you are free on Fri 26th June @ 3-4 pm, please join me for a live conversation with @GeorgieWemyss co-director @CMRB_UEL as we continue to celebrate @NewhamHeritage Month & discuss the awesome, often hidden history this borough holds on BAME seafarers
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A remarkable film made in 1919 of Indian veterans of the trenches at the Cenotaph - built to commemorate all who died fighting for Britain in #WW1 including Indians - as Londoners watched on, and afterwards at Buckingham Palace #RememberTogether#LestWeForget
With you in our thoughts, & wonderful to hear how the Crater’s presence on the Somme is a continuing circle inspiring Respect, Remembrance & Reconciliation for all who find their way to you
#OTD 105 yrs ago at 11pm the 6th Bav. Res. Div. was ordered to take Wijtschate. A few hours later soldiers of the 17th and 21th Bavarian Res. Inf. Reg. would silently launch their assault. Rifles unloaded, bayonets fixed. For both regiments it was to be their baptism of fire.