Resources
You should use the following websites to help you find out about the contribution that Black and Asian people made during the First World War:
General websites about contributions from around the Empire
http://www.mod.uk/wewerethere/firstww.html This is from the Ministry of Defence and also has some excellent images and details about the contributions from the different parts of the Empire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester remembrance.shtml This is a general account of the contributions from the different parts of the Empire with a focus with soldiers buried in Leicester
The Caribbean experience
http://www.mgtrust.org/car1.htm This is a site about the contribution of people from the Caribbean
http://www.black-heritage.com This is an excellent article, originally from the Guardian Newspaper about George Blackman, from Jamaica, who was interviewed in 2002 at the age of 107 about his experiences fighting in the First World War
http://www.jdfmil.org/ex_service/vet This is a short article about Eugent Clarke, the oldest known World War 1 veteran in Jamaica
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites This is a brief history of the BWIR with some excellent photos of surviving veterans
http://www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/carib_web/wwi.htm This has some excellent images and details about the British West Indies Regiment (BWIR)
http://website.lineone.net This is a military history of the BWIR with pictures of the regimental badge with good details about the discrimination faced by black soldiers
The Indian experience
http://www.mgtrust.org/ind1.htm This is a site about the contribution of people from India
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/people/lalroy.htm This is from the National Archives and focuses on the most famous Indian pilot of the First World War Indra Lal Roy
http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/india/medals/VC/1KDKhan.html Khuda Dad Khan was the first indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross
http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/india/medals/VC/IndVC.html Here you can find details about all the Indian soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military This is a short article that gives the number sof soldiers that fought for the British Army from around the Empire
http://www.hecticjames.com/articles/chattri.html This site is about the Indian War Memorial that was built near Brighton (many injured Indian soldiers were treated in the Brighton pavilion)
The African experience
http://www.mgtrust.org/afr1.htm This is a site about the contribution of people from Africa
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa