Britain’s Betrayal In India: The Story of the Anglo-Indian Community by Frank Anthony 1960.
The Government of India decided the unit should be a permanent part of the forces, but it appears not to have survived the cuts of the post war slump The Anglo Indian Battery, an Artillery unit which was part of the Anglo Indian Force, served in Mesopotamia and returned to India at the end of the war and was based at Trimulgherry. By the September of 1917 the Anglo-Indian Force had drawn more than 950 men. In 1916 the Anglo-Indian Association was asked to raise a battalion of Anglo-Indian soldiers - an Anglo-Indian force some of them served in Mesopotamia. (Dover:1937) Most were immediately sent abroad while others were employed by the sudden munitions and supply boom, for instance, at Kanpur where the army's leather processing centre had been located since after the Mutiny. In total, 50-75% of the adult Anglo-Indian population saw active service although non-emergency enlistment in the British Army remained closed to them. Jhansi's Anglo-Indian Battery, part of the Anglo-Indian Force, attached to the 77th Royal Field Artillery, had the largest concentration of Anglo-Indian conscripts and volunteers and earned a distinguished record in the Mesopotamian conflict. (Abel:1988) By 1916, perhaps 8,000 Anglo-Indians had joined British units as in the case of the many "India-born" recruits accepted by the Dorset Regiment. Conscription was enforced systematically among the Anglo-Indians at odds with the experience of other Indian communities treated more leniently. “Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1914, brought immediate mobilization in India and by 1915, the British war drain produced hundreds of officer vacancies in the regular army which became accessible to Anglo-Indians for the first time since the East India Company's ban of 1791. Renamed 5th Cavalry Division in November 1916 Renamed 4th Cavalry Division in November 1916ĭecember 1914. The Indian Divisions of 1914-1918 Division Indian Expeditionary Force G served in the Gallipoli Campaign.Indian Expeditionary Force F served in the First Suez Offensive.Indian Expeditionary Force E served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.Indian Expeditionary Force D served in the Mesopotamia Campaign.Indian Expeditionary Force C composed of the Imperial Service Infantry Brigade served in British East Africa.Indian Expeditionary Force B served in the East African Campaign.Indian Expeditionary Force A served on the European Western Front.Seven expeditionary forces served during World War I
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9.1.11 History series and periodical publications.9.1.5 Corps, Munitions, Equipment, Railways etc.9.1.4 Medical Services, including Veterinary.9.1.3 The Army, military service, allowances etc.9.1.2 General history of the war, including origins.
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