FIVE pupils from a college in Nelson are to have their book on Indian troops in the First World War sold across all the Royal British Legion branches in the UK.

Nirmen Albataty, Mancy Mariyathan, Lois Myles-Hargraves, Zainab Naz and Amaika Naeem, all 14 years old and pupils at Marsden Heights Community College, have created a book of photographs over the past 18 months that show their experiences of finding out more about the First World War.

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The project in particular focused on finding out about Indian troops that served in the First World War, and the girls have travelled as far as the battlefields in France and Belgium to uncover the stories.

The girls have been completing the project with the partnership Participation Works, based in Burnley, and Brierfield Action in the Community.

Lynne Blackburn, project manager from Participation Works, said the girls had gone further than they ever could have imagined and is delighted with its success.

She said: “I think the girls are very excited and they are quite overwhelmed that it’s all gone so well.

“We’ve done so many great things, like going to the battlefields, laying a wreath at the Menin Gate, visiting an Indian war memorial, and this book is just a collection of all those fantastic memories.”

The pupils have been invited to the Royal Albert Hall for the Remembrance parade service.

The RBL branch in Barrowford has given support to the project by helping the girls with their research.

The pupils are also going to have a plaque erected at the Brierfield cenotaph in memory of the Indian troops.