article_snippet: They were all young, proud, and ready to serve king and country.
article_snippet: But among the eager group of young men who had signed up to fight in the First World War together, one face stood out from the rest.
article_snippet: Pals’ Battalion when it was raised in September 1914 – and became the only non-white member of the 15th West Yorkshire Regiment.
article_snippet: Because less than 20 months after that training camp photograph, Jogendra Sen was killed in action near the Somme on May 22, 1916.
article_snippet: One of the chaps: Private Sen, centre, and Private Sen comrades pose for a photograph at a training camp in 1914 .
article_snippet: Private Jogendra Sen (pictured wearing glasses) with Private Jogendra Sen ( comrades on deck during the voyage across the Mediterranean from Egypt to Marseille, en route to the Western Front in March, 1916 .
article_snippet: The photo is thought to have been taken at Colsterdale Camp in North Yorkshire shortly after Colsterdale Camp in North Yorkshire signed up in 1914 .
article_snippet: Private Jogendra Sen (fourth from the right in the third row back) with Number 16 Platoon (D Company) of the 16th West Yorkshire Regiment in about 1915 .
highlights_snippet: ‘Pals’ Battalion in September 1914 .
  
highlights_snippet: The 28-year-old private lost The 28-year-old private life fighting near Somme on May 22, 1916 .
  