The book addresses the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. It is an academic reassessment of the army by both established and early career scholars of the Indian Army, as well as naval historians. It looks at the historiography of the army - taking into account the recent work on the army (particularly on the Western Front in 1914-1915). The edited volume covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army on the Western Front, in Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defence of the Suez Canal; however, there are also chapters on combined operations; Indian prisoners of war in Germany and Turkey; the expansion of the officer corps; and the Sikh experience, as well as the mobilisation of the equine army at the beginning of the war and the demobilisation of the army in the period from 1918 until 1923. Three additional chapters are related to the theme, such as the role of the Royal Indian Marine; the Territorial Army in India; and Churchill’s portrayal of the Indian Army during the Gallipoli campaign in his account The World Crisis.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Maps
• List of Contributors
• Foreword by Rana Chhina
• Introduction
• 1 Colonel Neglected Soldiers Raymond Callahan & Daniel Marston
• 2 ‘I Shall Die Arms in Hand, Wearing the Warriors’ Clothes’: Mobilisation and Initial Operations of the Indian Army in France and Flanders Rob Johnson
• 3 The Mobilisation and Supply of India’s Equine Army 1914: The chief arm of transport, artillery, cavalry and support units are their animals Graham Winton
• 4 Beyond the Hindu Kush: Imperial Defence, Expeditionary Warfare and the Role of the Indian Army Joseph Moretz
• 5 Keeping the ‘Highway to India’ Open: The Indian Army and the Defence of the Suez Canal 1914-15 Adam Prime
• 6 The Dark Shadow of the Dardanelles: Churchill’s World Crisis and his Portrayal of the Indian Army at Gallipoli Cat Wilson
• 7 ‘The Greatest Muslim Power in the World’: Islam, the Indian Army and the Grand Strategy of British India, 1914–1916 David Omissi
• 8 The Expansion of the Indian Army Officer Corps during the First World War Alan Jeffreys
• 9 The Sikh Experience David Omissi
• 10 Indian Prisoners of War in Germany during First World War Andrew Jarboe
• 11 The Indian Cavalry in Palestine 1917-19 Michael Creese
• 12 India and the Mesopotamia Campaign Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
• 13 Terriers in India: a preliminary report Peter Stanley
• 14 Tiger by the Tail: Demobilization of the Indian Army of War, 1918-1923 Anirudh Deshpande
• Select Bibliography