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spiral · 22nd June 2010, 11:07 AM

point of information for those who may not realise, The Army Bearer Corps uniform including the turban was worn by all denominations,castes & religions by WW1. It was the standard uniform. It doesnt mean there Sikh, Some are without doubt but in truth & record they were mostly Muslim & Hindu with Sikhs & converted Christians in the Minority. { Curiosly most of the converted Christians were just recorded under the single name of Joseph}At one time even one of the Gurkha regiments wore turbans for a short few year period. As apparently some accuse me of desperatly scraping the barrel
on this subject perhaps I should share a little more? , to re educate you again? Heres some pictures Ive had since I first researched the ABC kukri so many years ago... Heres A mk.2 Cossipore made kukri dated 1917 & marked to an ABC unit That I picked up even before my Mk1 ABC marked kukri, alongside the ABC marked 1. {via Fort William & Queeta.}

Heres a posed photo commercialy Published in Marseile 1915. sometimes misstranslated as French Hindoos actualy it translates as Hindoos in France.

I know this because I bought this photo 8 years ago when first reasearching into the Army Bearer Corps & It features the same chap. With the same background.

There belt buckles even say Army Bearer Corps!

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http://torabladesforum.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=900

http://www.ikrhs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=617

Rick,Gav,Tim etc. I have confidence in your abilitys to eventualy get to the truth amongst the smoke & mirrors.

Ive waisted one hour of my life putting this post together today.
His point is not proven.

Have fun chaps!

Spiral

22nd June 2010, 11:07 AM	#8
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	point of information for those who may not realise, The Army Bearer Corps uniform including the turban was worn by all denominations,castes & religions by WW1. It was the standard uniform. It doesnt mean there Sikh, Some are without doubt but in truth & record they were mostly Muslim & Hindu with Sikhs & converted Christians in the Minority. { Curiosly most of the converted Christians were just recorded under the single name of Joseph}At one time even one of the Gurkha regiments wore turbans for a short few year period. As apparently some accuse me of desperatly scraping the barrel on this subject perhaps I should share a little more? , to re educate you again? Heres some pictures Ive had since I first researched the ABC kukri so many years ago... Heres A mk.2 Cossipore made kukri dated 1917 & marked to an ABC unit That I picked up even before my Mk1 ABC marked kukri, alongside the ABC marked 1. {via Fort William & Queeta.} Heres a posed photo commercialy Published in Marseile 1915. sometimes misstranslated as French Hindoos actualy it translates as Hindoos in France. I know this because I bought this photo 8 years ago when first reasearching into the Army Bearer Corps & It features the same chap. With the same background. There belt buckles even say Army Bearer Corps! Threads & quotes relevent to this post. http://torabladesforum.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=900 http://www.ikrhs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=617 Rick,Gav,Tim etc. I have confidence in your abilitys to eventualy get to the truth amongst the smoke & mirrors. Ive waisted one hour of my life putting this post together today. His point is not proven. Have fun chaps! Spiral Last edited by Rick; 22nd June 2010 at 03:29 PM. Reason: Slings and arrows removed .