‘Forgotten’ heroes: Calls to erect a permanent memorial to Indian troops

Iman Asim Hafiz and the Rev Duncan Macpherson attend Scotland’s first multi-faith remembrance service for British Indian Army soldiers at Kingussie Cemetery in Speyside in the Highlands.

Having been evacuated from Dunkirk during the Second World War, 13 Indian soldiers travelled to Scotland but died after training in harsh conditions with British troops.

Nine of the men are buried in Kingussie, whilst the others were laid to rest in Aberdeenshire, Sutherland, and Banffshire. The Glasgow-based Colourful Heritage initiative wants to erect a permanent memorial.