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Britain Adds Indian Soldier Kesar Singh to WWI Dead List

8/11/2026

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Britain added Indian soldier Kesar Singh to its official World War I war dead list after researchers identified him among nearly 10,000 unrecognized Punjabi soldiers.
Singh left his Indian village, then a British colony, to fight in present-day Iraq during the 1914-1918 Mesopotamia campaign and never returned.
Historian Amandeep Madra said the men served honestly, died sadly, and were not afforded the same treatment as other soldiers.

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Britain added Indian soldier Kesar Singh to its official World War I war dead list after researchers identified him among nearly 10,000 unrecognized Punjabi soldiers.
Singh left his Indian village, then a British colony, to fight in present-day Iraq during the 1914-1918 Mesopotamia campaign and never returned.
Historian Amandeep Madra said the men served honestly, died sadly, and were not afforded the same treatment as other soldiers.