1/5th Hampshire Regiment in Indan sub-continent
According to san article in the Aug 2001 'The Hampshire Family Historian' by Eric Soper, his father 241476, Private Robert Victor Soper, who joined D Company when they were at Fyzabad in Easter1916 travelled 12,000 miles by train, 1,500 by sea and 300 by road as he journeyed from his arrival in Mumbai (Bombay), Marasthtra via Fyzabad (Faizabad), Uttar Pradesh - Raniket, Uttarakhand - Dwarkaganj, Uttar Pradesh - Agra, Uttar Pradesh - Nainital (Naini Tal), Uttarakhand - Kolkata (Calcutta), Paschim Bangal (West Bengal) - Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh - Pyin U Lwin (Maymyo), Mandalay - Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon) - Ambala (Umballa), Jaryana - Delhi, National Capital Territory - Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Dagshai, Himachal Pradesh - Kanpur (Cawnpore), Uttar Pradesh and Devlali (Deolai), Maharashtra before leving again from Mumbai (Bombay)