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Christmas card from the Sikh Pioneers showing the original regimental colours of the 23rd, 32nd and 34th Sikh Pioneers. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

My great-grandfather and namesake, Arjan Singh Kular. Born in 1899, he would serve in both WWI and WWII. His service in WWI was quite short, given his young age, and was constrained to the Mesopotamian theatre of the war against the Ottoman Empire.

#OTD, 1865, our literary advisor Sir Rudyard Kipling was born. He determined the famous ‘Known Unto God’ headstone inscription for unidentified casualties, as well as selecting ‘Their Name Liveth For Evermore’ for our Stone of Remembrance.

A convoy of Indian sappers travel in trucks along a dust road on their way to Rufiji, German East Africa. According to the original caption, this convoy "experienced great difficulty in getting through Tulo". Photographed by Lt. L A Powell 31 December 1916 © IWM Q 15609

2nd Anglo Sikh War Monoment Chalinwala Mandi Bahudeen

#OTD marks the 107th Anniversary of the end of the Gallipoli Campaign. The UK and Indian forces named on the Helles Memorial pictured died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who were lost at sea.

The Sepoys on Quarter Guard duty. Circa 1940's.

Exhibition for one day only Feb 5th. 12 to 5pm 23rd Sikh Pioneers Photographs, Original Medals and Artifacts #Sikhs #23rdSikhPioneers #SikhPioneers #SikhLightInfantry

I'll speak about my great-grandfather, Subadar-Major Bawa Singh & we'll explore the 23rd Sikh Pioneers and Sikh Light Infantry regiment through the eyes of collectors Avtar Bahra littlehistory'Sikhs . Medals, badges, photos, a rare postcard...and much more!

Officers in the 23rd Sikh Pioneers, Lt-Col Robert Nicolas & Subadar-Major Bawa Singh both fought together in Tibet, NWF 1908 (Zakha Khel) & Aden, Egypt & Palestine during WW1. Their descendants would meet over a century later in Walthamstow Avtar Bahra !

I wasn't expecting this in the mail. Aanchal Malhotra a lovely surprise, thank you! I'm extremely touched and can't wait to start!

111 Helicopter Unit outside the crew room, Hashimara 1981-82. Facing the camera L-R: Chinki Sinha, Jack Jaiswal, dad (Rana TS Chhina), TPS 'Tipsy' Dhillon.

Another Indian POW I’d like to know more about is 5433 Havildar Clerk Ganpatrao Tawde of the 5 Mahratta Light Infantry. 5 MLI had the largest single group of POWs in German hands in the war – around 1200 of them. No confirmed photo of him yet - this is Belgaum '43 National Army Museum

During #WW2, members of the Women’s Royal Indian Naval Service decoded secret messages, were trained in gunnery tactics, and much more. Was your mother or grandmother a WRIN? If so, preserve their stories and objects with us: theirfinesthour.english.ox.ac.uk #womenshistorymonth

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating around the world. We commemorate Muslim World War casualties in our cemeteries across the world including Jemadar Abdul Hafiz. Learn more about Abdul and his Victoria Cross on our website: ow.ly/mQW050NpTq0

A group photograph of 1st Umed Infantry Kotah taken at Gurdaspur during first Indo Pak War. It was cmd by Lt Col Durjan Sal Singh. 2 companies of the unit were attached with now disbanded 4/11 Gorkha Rifles at Dera Baba Nanak. Unit moved to Dras just after the war. Adil Rana Chhina

Great to hear more about the fantastic work done by the Agnijug Archive project - capturing fascinating bits of subaltern perspectives and the complexities surrounding the INA

Eminent military historian Sqd Ldr Rana Chhina MBE (Ret'd) United Service Institution of India visited our exhibition littlehistory'Sikhs 'Indian Army at the Palace' earlier this year at Hampton Court Palace Historic Royal Palaces. As Secretary and editor, Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Services