Remembering the following 160 men who, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, all died a hundred years ago today on the 18th January 1915. Note the large number of Indian nationals from the Jind Infantry and 2nd Kashmir Rifles who were killed in the fighting in German East Africa (later Tanganyika, now Tanzania). The full list was downloaded from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website.
1239 Sepoy AKBAR ALI 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
8557 Private PERCY FRICKER ALLEN Devonshire Regiment
1371 Naik AMAR SINGH Jind Infantry
2366 Lance Naik ARJAN SINGH Jind Infantry
4860 Private AVERY Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2596 Sepoy BACHAN SINGH Jind Infantry
618 Lance Naik BAGGA 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
8063 Corporal BAILEY North Staffordshire Regiment
5613 Private JOSEPH BALL Northumberland Fusiliers
Sub-Conductor JOHANNES HENDRICKUS BAM South African Service Corps
2172 Sepoy BASANT SINGH Jind Infantry
1296 Naik BASANT SINGH Jind Infantry
1302 Sepoy BIRBAL 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2269 Sepoy BISHN SINGH Jind Infantry
1250 Private BOWES King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
7857 Private BOWSHER Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9655 Private BERTIE WILLIAM BRIDGER Royal Scots
7152 Private BRIEANT Worcestershire Regiment
24551 Lance Corporal RICHARD FREDERICK BURDEN Royal Engineers
2358 Sepoy CHANDA SINGH Jind Infantry
1301 Private CHEVIS London Regiment
Captain ESME FAIRFAX CHINNERY Royal Flying Corps
8715 Lance Corporal CLIFFORD Leinster Regiment
1441 Private RICHARD COADY Royal Irish Regiment
24290 Private DARLINGTON Cheshire Regiment
9294 Private FRANCIS JOHN DAVIS Gloucestershire Regiment
10509 Private FREDERICK WILLIAM DEATHE York and Lancaster Regiment
661 Lance Naik DHERU 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
4279 Sergeant NORMAN OSCAR DOWNING 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)
1698 Private THOMAS DOWNING Norfolk Regiment
1678 Private DAVID DRUMMOND Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1816 Lance Corporal FENN ALEXANDER EAST London Regiment
2800 Private EDWARDS Cheshire Regiment
1473 Sepoy FAQIR KHAN 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
903 Sepoy FARMAN ALI 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1357 Sepoy FIROZ ALAM 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
9532 Private JOHN FIRTH West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
166068 Able Seaman JAMES JOHN GALE Royal Navy
6481 Private GAMBLE Manchester Regiment
8282 Lance Corporal HENRY GARRETT Leinster Regiment
557 Corporal ELDRICK WEBB GARROD Royal Field Artillery
1046 Naik GAUR SING NEGI 39th Garhwal Rifles
4429 Private HARRY MORGAN GILLINGHAM 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
Fleet Paymaster DUNCAN STUART OGILVIE GRANT Royal Navy
16/886 Private GRAY West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
58394 Sapper GREAVES Royal Engineers
1367 Havildar GUJAR SINGH Jind Infantry
2317 Lance Naik GUMAN SINGH 104th Wellesley's Rifles
3779 Private TREVOR EZRA JOHN HAMPDEN Northumberland Fusiliers
2693 Rifleman HARAK BIR GURUNG 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
9212 Private CHARLES HARDEN Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
2503 Sepoy HARDIT SINGH Jind Infantry
26247 Gunner HAYES Royal Field Artillery
6/1978 Rifleman LEOPOLD HAYNES Rifle Brigade
9690 Private HIGH King's Own Scottish Borderers
3/3671 Private HILL York and Lancaster Regiment
16873 2nd Corporal WILLIAM JOSEPH HILL Royal Engineers
10441 Private WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HURSEY The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
L/10530 Private ALBERT MARSHALL HUTCHINS The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
2679 Sepoy INDAR SINGH Jind Infantry
652 Sepoy JALAL KHAN 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1447 Sepoy JIJABA BHAGAT 108th Indian Infantry
2626 Sepoy JIWAN SINGH Jind Infantry
2732 Sepoy KAHAN SINGH Jind Infantry
1046 Sepoy KALA 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1411 Sepoy KARM DIN 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2578 Sepoy KEHR SINGH Jind Infantry
1990 Lance Naik KEHR SINGH Jind Infantry
24253 Sapper WALTER JOHN KEMPSELL Royal Engineers
1594 Sepoy KESAN 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1253 Sepoy KHER MUHAMMAD 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
8013 Private MICHAEL KING Northumberland Fusiliers
1257 Havildar KISHN SINGH Jind Infantry
2608 Sepoy KISHN SINGH Jind Infantry
D/5656 Private KRITZINGER 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)
1819 Sepoy LAKSUMAN DHURI 101st Indian Grenadiers
2317 Sepoy LAL SINGH Jind Infantry
9524 Serjeant LAMBERT Royal Scots
Lieutenant EDWARD ARTHUR MALCOLM LARKINS East Lancashire Regiment
2597 Sepoy MAL SINGH Jind Infantry
156 Rifleman MARKILLIE London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
2584 Sepoy MASTAN SINGH Jind Infantry
1159 Private C. H. SCOTT MEHARRY Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Driver ROBERT MILES South African Service Corps
11120 Private JAMES H. MORGAN Royal Scots Fusiliers
2516 Sepoy MUKAND SINGH Jind Infantry
5569 Private BAREND HENDRIK JACOBUS MULDER 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)
11678 Private PATRICK MURRAY The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
1217 Sepoy MUSAHIB ALI 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1487 Private JAMES MUSTY MUSTY Welsh Regiment
1384 Private McDONALD Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
6903 Private McDONALD Royal Scots Fusiliers
10321 Private BERNARD McGEE Royal Scots
5793 Lance Corporal JAMES McMAHON East Surrey Regiment
1479 Sepoy NABI MUHAMMAD 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1163 Sepoy NANAK 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2523 Sepoy NIDHAN SINGH Jind Infantry
1917 Sepoy NIKA SINGH Jind Infantry
13495 Private NOBES Norfolk Regiment
9962 Private GEORGE O'NEIL Royal Scots
6685 Private ARTHUR ALBERT ORMEROD East Lancashire Regiment
1369 Sepoy PARMODH SINGH 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1190 Jemadar PARTAP SINGH Jind Infantry
181 Private ALEXANDER PATERSON Northumberland Fusiliers
3/6075 Private PATERSON Gordon Highlanders
2221 Sepoy PIRTHI SINGH Jind Infantry
14189 Sapper JOSEPH HENRY PLATER Royal Engineers
1471 Sepoy POLO KHAN 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2912 Private POLSON Seaforth Highlanders
127 Private PHILIPPUS JACOBUS POTGIETER Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
222 Private PHILLIPPUS JACOBUS POTGIETER Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
7043 Private JOSEPH PURSER Middlesex Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel RAGHUBIR SINGH 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2484 Sepoy RALA SINGH Jind Infantry
1682 Sepoy RAM SINGH Jind Infantry
2013 Lance Naik RAN SINGH Jind Infantry
2394 Sepoy RATAN SINGH Jind Infantry
7342 Private WALTER REDSHAW East Yorkshire Regiment
4238 Private JOHN REILLY The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
7640 Private CHARLES ROBERTSON King's Own Scottish Borderers
22429 Sapper FREDERICK GEORGE ROFFEY Royal Engineers
125488 Petty Officer 1st Class MATTHEW ROSIER Royal Navy
17258 Private ROWE Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
2103 Sepoy RULIA SINGH Jind Infantry
2143 Sepoy RUR SINGH Jind Infantry
155863 Petty Officer GEORGE H. RYDER Royal Navy
Lieutenant SADHU NARAIN 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
1301 Sepoy SADHU SINGH 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2532 Sepoy SANT SINGH Jind Infantry
193 Sepoy SANTU 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2571 Sepoy SARWAN SINGH Jind Infantry
8425 Lance Corporal JAMES WILLIAM SAUL King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
SR/637 Corporal CHARLES SAUNDERS Royal Fusiliers
2302 Sepoy SAWAN SINGH Jind Infantry
3/6950 Private SLATOR Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
6671 Private JOSEPH SMITH ALIAS
7715 Serjeant JOHN HENRY SNARTT Coldstream Guards
6980 Lance Corporal SNOW North Staffordshire Regiment
530 Sergeant JOHN WILFRID STEPHENSON 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)
1074 Havildar SUNDAR SINGH Jind Infantry
7655 Private SYKES Lancashire Fusiliers
2691 Lance Naik THAKUR DAS 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
2648 Sepoy TILOK SINGH Jind Infantry
2959 Private JAMES TOAL The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Trooper NOEL ROLAND PRICE TROLLIP 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)
D5936 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant VAN HEERDEN 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)
6671 Private JOSEPH WALKER East Yorkshire Regiment
Private JOHN WALL New Zealand Training Unit
2223 Sepoy WARYMAN SINGH Jind Infantry
8985 Private WATKIN Lincolnshire Regiment
1960 Lance Naik WAZIR SINGH Jind Infantry
SR/948 Private HUBERT WEBSTER Royal Fusiliers
Second Lieutenant ARTHUR WHITE Royal Engineers
6867 Private JOHN HENRY WHITEHOUSE Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
6690 Private WILCOX Worcestershire Regiment
24 Sergeant WILL Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
Lieutenant WILL Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
19998 Sapper ARTHUR EDWARD WONNACOTT Royal Engineers
Captain COLIN RICHARDS WOOD Middlesex Regiment
3000 Private YOUNG Seaforth Highlanders
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