INDIAN TROOPS
MR. CHURCHILL’S TRIBUTE. MESSAGE TO THE VICEROY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. April 10. In a message of congratulations to the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow. on the magnificent spirit shown by Indian troops in Eritrea, the Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, recalled his own experience with Indian troops. “For me the story of the ardour with which they scaled and finally conquered the precipitous heights of Keren recalls memories of the North-west Frontier of long years ago, and it is as one who had the honour to serve in the field with Indian soldiers from all parts of Hindustan, as well as in the name of the British Government.' that 1 ask your Excellency to convey to them and the whole Indian Army the pride and admiration with which we followed their heroic exploits."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 April 1941, Page 5
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