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WW1 commemorations across the Midlands

Events have been held across the Midlands to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.

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WW1: The contribution of Indian soldiers

When all the war trumpets sounded in Britain in August 1914, the echoes carried far and wide - to all corners of the British Empire.

By the end of the conflict, more than a million Indian soldiers had been sent overseas. Rajiv Popat reports on these often forgotten men.

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