Transcript of an interview with Plakattil Chathan Pengan, Kattoor, Kerala
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Interviewed by George K Alapatt on 20th September 1981. Plakattil Chathan Pengan was in the Indian Army from 1915 to 1918, and served in Mesopotamia (Basra) during the First World War.
Transcript of an interview with A O Kuriappan, Kattoor, Kerala
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Interviewed by George K Alapatt on 17th September 1981. A O Kuriappan was in the Indian Army from 1941 to 1946, and served in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps in transport units in Assam during the Second World War.
Transcripts of interviews with former Indian soldiers by Meena Dutta and Rakesh Dutta
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Historical survey of Indian soldiers - officers and sepoys - who served in the Indian Army during some part of the period 1919-1939, directed by Dr DeWitt Ellinwood, Department of History, State University of New York at Albany
Transcript of an interview with Captain Sardar Zuaquadar Singh Virk, Village & P.O. Chacharauli, District Ambala
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Interviewed (in English) by Meena Dutta, on 29th August 1982. Zuaquadar Singh Virk joined the Indian Army in 1944, serving in the Military Farms Service. He retired in 1975.
Transcript of an interview with Captain Sadu Singh, Village & P.O. Fatehpur Tumbi Teh, Jagadhri, District Ambala
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Interviewed (in Hindi) by Meena Dutta, on 9th September 1982. Sadu Singh joined the Indian Army in 1917, and was in the 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) during the First World War.
Transcript of an interview with Lance Naik B P Datta, Sarvo Daya Nagar, Kanpur
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Interviewed (in English) by Meena Dutta, on 17th October 1982. B P Datta was in the Indian Army from 1939 to 1946, and was in the 2nd Lancers (Armoured Corps). He served in North Africa during the Second World War, and joined the Indian National Army while a prisoner of war in Germany.