Natives of Manipur | National Library Scotland

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Not only did the British recruit soldiers from various tribes of the Indian sub-continent but labourers as well to work behind the front lines. Evidently these men are from Manipur.

Original reads: ‘OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. INDIA, AS WELL AS FIGHTING MEN, HAS SENT TO FRANCE MANY FOR LABOUR. Natives of Manipur ready to do a war dance.’

Original URL: http://digital.nls.uk/first-world-war-official-photographs/pageturner.cfm?id=74547302

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About Everett Sharp

Everett Sharp is a subject expert on the World War One Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings project. He has worked for the University of Oxford on a series of other First World War Projects including the Great War Archive and First World War Poetry Digital Archive. He is also currently working for the Europeana 1914-1918 initiative with the Oxford. His retirement in 2009 didn't go quite according to plan!
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