33,000 Indian WWI Soldiers Added to Basra Memorial – GKToday

The names of 33,000 Indian Army soldiers who died during the First World War but were missing from the Basra Memorial in Iraq have now been commemorated through new digital panels. The initiative by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to correct a long-standing historical omission and restore recognition to Indian soldiers who served and died in the Mesopotamia Campaign.

Historic Omission Finally Addressed

The Basra Memorial in Iraq honours Commonwealth personnel who died during the Mesopotamia Campaign, one of the British…