Ethnic / Colonial Soldiers

[Guest soren1916]

Hi Pal's

Is there an online archive or photo resource where one can get photo's of Soldiers from these groups?

Perhaps Pal's have some that they would'nt mind sharing? anything really Gurkhas, Chineese Labour Corps, British West indies, Indian Army?

I want to produce some portrait drawings and need something as a starting point.

passchendaelle@yahoo.co.uk

Any help appreciated.

Soren

[david murdoch]

Soren.

Here's a couple of links for an overview of the BWIR...you can also find plenty of hits on Google and Google images.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_Regiment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwo...indies_01.shtml

Also if you go on the Imperial War Museum site you can search photos and buy online, or you contact them with more specific requests

http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.asp

There is also a Commonwealth section on the site which may be useful.

http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/commonwealth/

Hope it helps.

David.

[david murdoch]

There are some wonderful pictures of Indian troops in Mesopotamia, I saw when there looking through the albums for other stuff.

[Guest soren1916]

Fab! thank you David

[old-ted]

Soren,

there are some great images on www.greatwar.nl . There are some very sad ones too.

Regards

John

[Guest soren1916]

John,

Thank you, some great leads

[tjec]

Have a box of tissues ready when you check out the boy soldiers section.

Good site though.

Regards,

Norman

[Soren]

Cheers

[per ardua per mare per terram]

Have you seen this thread:

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...Labour&st=0

There are plenty of pictures of the VC winners around and of course Walter Tull. Please do not neglect the African regiments such as the King's African Rifles and West African Frontier Force.

[trenchwalker]

Has Anyone noticed in the ancre film there is a group of about 5 or 6 African chaps sitting in canvas jerkins

[Simon Jones]

You could nip down to the Cloth Hall and get the excellent Five Continents in Flanders book.

Edit - I've just seen the date of your posting... you've probably got all you need now.

[per ardua per mare per terram]

Not sure what is online from the Times History of the Great War, Great War in Pictures or other such titles. The colonial contingents were covered extensively.

Have you seen this site:

http://www.wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod...ground_ww1.html

Here's two to start your VCs section. Elemets of the Indian Army arrived at the front on 31st October 1914, 1st VC earned 31st October 1914

Khudadad Khan (who appears not to have claimes the clasp to the 1914 Star) http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/HEROISM/Khudadad.html

Darwan Singh Negi

http://younguttaranchal.com/uttaranchal/1909.pdf

For the full list:

http://www.wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod..._old/vcwin.html