Stories
Every regiment, battle and record on this site began with a person. These are the places to start reading.
1 July – 18 November 1916
A four-month offensive in which the Canadian Corps fought at Courcelette, and Indian cavalry made one of the war's few mounted actions on the Western Front.
Source: Canadian War Museum; Imperial War Museums; National Army Museum
25 September – 8 October 1915
One of the last major Western Front actions of the Indian Corps infantry before it was redeployed to other theatres.
1914 – 1918
A campaign fought overwhelmingly by the Indian Army, including the siege and surrender of Kut-al-Amara.
23 September 1918
A mounted action by Indian cavalry of the 15th Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade, still commemorated annually.
9 – 12 April 1917
The first occasion on which all four divisions of the Canadian Corps attacked together, and a defining event in Canadian national memory.