World War I

World War I

King Emperor`s Message to the British Troops from India.

Over a million Indian troops served as part of the British forces in World War I; postcards were used to help recruit them, often in languages like Gujarati, though this card seems to have been intended more for British troops already serving in

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Paschendaele Nov. 1914 Cavaliere indienne [Indian Cavalry]

This postcard by the French artist Emile Dupuis honoured the Indian soldiers who fought with the Allies in in what is better known as the First Battle of Ypres in Belgium, an early World War I battleground where some 160,000 German soldiers died.

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Indian Crew of the Enemy Steamer sunk by S.M.S. Mowe

World War I Indian merchant sailors on ships sunk by the German ship S.M.S.

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