In contrast, the names of British dead were carefully logged and remembered on individual gravestones and memorials up and down the country and in carefully tended cemeteries around the worldThe British Empire's forgotten soldiers: Millions of black and Asian troops fought and died for Britain before being left in unmarked graves, reduced to a number... or simply abandonedBy Harry Howard for MailOnlineWhen the First World War broke out in July 1914, Britain had the world's largest empire. The U.K. government apologized Thursday for not properly commemorating thousands of African and Asian troops who died fighting for the British Empire during and after World War I. 'Sikhs not only fought from within their own Sikh regiments but they were also in the Punjabi Regiments, cavalry, sappers and miners regiments as well. Mr Bance revealed how troops from the British Army's Manchester Regiment fought with members of the 47th Sikhs brigade 'as one'. Dr Walker added: 'Therefore by the middle of the war it would not be unusual for Sikh soldiers to serve side by side with their British comrades, as was necessitated by the demands of the war and losses.
An annual pension is being paid to recognize the dead of a defeated empire.
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