An English village celebrates its connection with Indian Army

A charming English village in the heart of the New Forest region in Hampshire of southern England has been celebrating its lesser-known Indian Army connection with an insightful exhibition.

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"Red Pepper and Black Pepper: The Indian Army in the New Forest (1914-1916) and Bournemouth" opened at the New Forest Heritage Centre in Lyndhurst village recently to tell the story of mutual warmth and friendship between the troops and the local population during the First World War. The name of the exhibition alludes to the letters home of the Indian recruits which were often censored and hence some of the soldiers referred in code to the British as 'Red Peppers' and themselves as 'Black Peppers'.