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Hidden Heroes: Soldiers from the Empire, Middlesex Regiment
Hidden Heroes: Soldiers from the Empire, Middlesex Regiment
The untold tales of the soldiers from the empire who enlisted with the Middlesex Regiment, including Private Donald Brown and 5 other servicemen who signed a petition: Treatment of Coloured people in the Army, sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, describing their life as 'intolerable'. Still to find: Lynslanger, West Africa, GR Ross, Guyana, Clarence Esliop, Sri Lanka, Leopold D Duncan Jamaica, [this could be Pte 15690 Leopold S Duncan], Sam Manning, Trinidad.
https://www.hidden-histories.org/past-projects/world-war-i-ii/
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Born 1896
British Army G/15636 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Reserve) Battalion
British Army G/15636 Private Middlesex Regiment 28th Battalion
More about Donald Brown -
Born 1891
Died 1951
Indian Army 34th Sikh Pioneers
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77360 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77360 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps
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More about Harry Fusao O'hara -
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Born 1876
British Army G/15843 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Joseph Harnam Singh -
Born 1896
Died 1993
British Army Lieutenant 28th Punjabis
More about Ajit Anil Rudra -
Born 1893
British Army PS/1024 Lance Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion (Public Schools)
British Army PS/1024 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion (Public Schools)
British Army PS/1024 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion (Public Schools)
More about Karesasp Ardeshir Dadabhai Naoroji -
Born 1886
Died 1953
British Army 3280 Private Middlesex Regiment
British Army S/445263 Private Royal Army Service Corps
More about Kamal Athon Chunchie -
Born 1890
Died 1970
British Army Sergeant Middlesex Regiment
More about George Arthur Roberts, B.e.m.