India, July 10 -- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) on Thursday announced the largest single addition to its casualty records since the Second World War, following a major international research project drawing on rare historical records. A total of 9,909 Indian Army servicemen - previously missing from the CWGC's records - have now been added, correcting a past historical omission that meant they were never formally commemorated.

This milestone is the outcome of the Punjab Registers project, a five-year partnership between the CWGC, the UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) and the University of Greenwich. Together, the organisations digitised and analysed a rare and fragile collection of documents held at Lahore Museum, co...