The Indian soldiers belonged to the 25th Animal Transport Company, who had travelled 7,000 miles (11,265 km) with their mules to help the British army. All but four of them were Muslim.
Rifleman Gabbar Singh Negi won the Victoria Cross and his grandson, who is now a serving Indian Army officer, was present at the ceremony in Laventie. Laventie Military Cemetery and other graves ...
Nagpur: Little did a Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) veteran, Balwant Bangade, believe that documents of his three-year stint with the British military,.