The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has added 9,909 British Indian Army soldiers, many from Punjab, to its database, recognizing their WWI sacrifices. This update, following years of volunteer research on village registers from Lahore, corrects a historical omission of soldiers who died away from battlefields.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has officially recognized 9,909 British Indian Army soldiers, many from Punjab, who were previously omitted from casualty databases. This update, following years of volunteer research into village registers, acknowledges their wartime sacrifices, particularly those who died from injuries away from the battlefield.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has added 9,909 names of pre-partition British Indian Army servicemen who died in World War One to its casualty database, following years of research by UK volunteers who uncovered the names in unique registers from Punjab.
