2-716-940 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Injured Indian soldier, First World War, 1914, (c1920). '"The Happy Warrior": a wounded Indian's return from the front'. Over one million Indian troops in the British Indian Army (of the Raj) fought in the European, Mediterranean and the Middle East theatres of war. At least 74,187 Indian soldiers died, with 67,000 wounded. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume II, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]