Discuss @David Flin 's latest article here
The simple answer is space. Space, for articles like this, is the final frontier. It's a personal quirk of mine (for good or ill) that I like to look at the individuals involved rather more than the big picture. That said, a look at what the various operations of the Indian Army (and, indeed, other operations) would be worth while.
For good or ill, I've tended to assume that it's relatively easy for people to find out what happened at Palestine in 1918, or wherever; it's harder to find out the stories of individuals. My collection of memoirs is sufficiently large that I suspect it generates its own gravitational field.
I always thought caste was unchangeable and fixed.
I rather enjoyed that dry little note on George V's approval of the marriage.
That note on the Princely colonel though- I wasn't aware that Indians were allowed to serve in such senior ranks. Was that because the regiment was technically from a Princely (ie, allied) State rather than the Indian Army?
I must admit, the more I dig into the German side of things, the clearer it becomes that the racial theories that arose later in Germany were a development of attitudes that already had a foothold.
It's certainly something that should be borne in mind when writing "Germany wins WWI" timelines.
Excellent article. I'm intrigued to learn that a soldier could change caste - or have I misunderstood? I always thought caste was unchangeable and fixed.