The Queen's Coronation in 1953 https://youtu.be/6H9vTkLQI2Q included many Commonwealth soldiers - check out this wonderful archive of a Sikh preparing for the big day, filmed tying his turban via @TeamYouTubepic.twitter.com/6zRBUajdFj
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indeed! interesting fact from a friend, that the 'Indian Army were banned by the Indian Govt to attend... but the triservice organised a peace deligation, very little of which is known, or spoken about, given it was not officially sanctioned'
Well, so soon after Independence was a complicated time - so these stories are just all the more illustrative of that time of changing relationships between Britain, India, East and West Pakistan - I’m fascinated by all this
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That they came despite their new govts indicative of their sense of duty to the crown which they fought for during WW2
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