BL article: [British] Indian Army officer deaths

[MaureenE]

Indian Army officer deaths in World War One 01 July 2014. British Library Untold Lives Blog

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/07/indian-army-officer-deaths-in-world-war-one.html

Extracts:

A total of 1,214 British officers serving in the Indian Army died between 1914 and 1921. The youngest casualty was just 18 and there were 12 officers who died under the age of 20. A total of 20 deaths were the result of suicide, alcohol, or poisoning.

Based on records at the British Library IOR/L/MIL/14/142 Alphabetical lists of casualties by death among British officers of the Indian Services in the Great War, giving rank, age, unit, date, place, and cause, 1914-1921.

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Maureen