 The most significant event during the war was a mutiny in 1915 by sepoys of the 5th Light Infantry from British India who were garrisoned in Singapore.On the day before the regiment was due to depart for Hong Kong, and hearing rumours that they were to be sent to fight the Ottoman Empire, about half of the Indian soldiers mutinied.They killed several of their officers and some civilians before the mutiny was suppressed by British Empire and allied forces plus local troops from Johore.