2nd Kashmir Rifles | Heroes of EA WW1

Centre & Eastern Column on 'Hannyngton's Loop' - May 1916

Hannyngton was to continue his advance, with the South Pare hills to his right, down to Mkomazi a diversion named 'Hannyngton’s Loop'

Three Indian Orders of Merit awarded for hard fighting at Jasin - 18 January 1915

conspicuous gallantry in going back about 40 yards 4 times under the close fire of 3 machine guns, to bring up the side shields of his gun..

Intelligence Agent F.C. Scott flights to the death near Mt. Kilimanjaro - 10 March 1915

Warant Officer Scott had been seen by one of the 5 survivors from the bivouac fighting to the last, surrounded by a group of sepoys.

Kashmir Rifles in the thick of the fighting at Tanga - 4 November 1914

the British advanced on Tanga town with the 2nd Kashmir Rifles on the right flank and the 3rd Kashmir Rifles immediately to the left.

Rhodesians ambushed in the Tsavo Valley - 8 May 1915

The Kashmir Rifles at Tsavo donated their own boots & 200 yards of pugaree cloth was purchased to wrap around the remaining bare feet.

The Loyal North Lancashire's at Tanga - 2 - 5 November 1914

In the early months of the Great War Britain decided to send Indian Expeditionary Force ‘B’ (IEF ‘B’) across the Indian Ocean to deliver...

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