33,000 Indian WWI Soldiers Added to Basra Memorial

In April 2026, the UK digitally remembered some 33,000 Indian soldiers of the First World War who were not commemorated by name on the Basra Memorial in Iraq, rectifying a 100‑year‑old oversight in wartime memorialisation. 

The project, spearheaded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), adds new digital name panels to the Basra Memorial, ensuring these Indian soldiers’ sacrifice is now collectively, and individually, recorded alongside more than 46,000 Commonwealth soldiers already honoured at the memorial.

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