They Died, Unrecognized, for Britain. A Century Later, They’re Being Honored.

The young soldier died fighting for Britain, yet for over a century he did not appear on the country’s official list of war dead. About 1.4 million soldiers from the Indian subcontinent served in the British Indian Army during the war. According to the newly unearthed records, Mr. Singh died from combat wounds sustained in Ottoman territory as he traveled home with his regiment. After screening for duplications, the researchers identified 9,909 soldiers from the historical Punjab state who died in World War I but did not appear on the official list. “The world war was a world war, and there were people from all around the world fighting in it,” he said, “including people that looked like me.”