Mayor Richard Quantrell recalled the history when 2,000 men from Manipur were recruited in May 1917 to be deployed in France. Many died on the way to Italy and later in France; graves have been discovered in France, Italy, Egypt and Yemen. A century after the controversial ICS officer John Comyn Higgins raised the Manipur Labour Corps […]
Mayor Richard Quantrell recalled the history when 2,000 men from Manipur were recruited in May 1917 to be deployed in France. Many died on the way to Italy and later in France; graves have been discovered in France, Italy, Egypt and Yemen. A century after the controversial ICS officer John Comyn Higgins raised the Manipur Labour Corps […]
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/05/a-corner-of-england-pays-tributes-to-manipur-labour-corps/
By Chris Johnson A British family pays respects to their Fallen and to those from Manipur in France and Belgium during the Great War 1914-18 Every evening since 1928 (except during WWII) at precisely eight o’clock at the Menin Gate in Belgium, the Buglers from the Ypres Fire Brigade play the Last Post and Reveille
By Chris Johnson A British family pays respects to their Fallen and to those from Manipur in France and Belgium during the Great War 1914-18 Every evening since 1928 (except during WWII) at precisely eight o’clock at the Menin Gate in Belgium, the Buglers from the Ypres Fire Brigade play the Last Post and Reveille
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/05/western-front-pilgrimage-2016/
A memorial complex for the Manipur Labour Corps personnel who died in different parts of Europe during World War-I will be developed soon to organise a centenary observation in April next year. This was announced by Adhoc Committee on Manipur Labour Co…
A memorial complex for the Manipur Labour Corps personnel who died in different parts of Europe during World War-I will be developed soon to organise a centenary observation in April next year. This was announced by Adhoc Committee on Manipur Labour Corps (WW-I) Centenary Commemoration convenor Yumnam Rajeshore while speaking to reporters at Manipur Press
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