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..
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Harry Fecitt MBE, TD
- Feb 9, 2020
101st Grenadiers left to fight it out alone at Tanga - 3rd November 1914
During the British advance on Tanga the 101st Grenadiers a sound and steady unit, were deployed on the left of the British lines.
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- Jan 10, 2020
An East African Intelligence Department Officer at the Tanga Landing
A resident of East Africa & an Indian intelligence officer were selected to land ahead of the invasion to obtain vital information...
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- Dec 19, 2019
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...