Part of the reason is that they were not fighting for India. The soldiers were all volunteers; soldiering was their profession, and they served the very British Empire that was oppressing their own people back home.
ويرجع هذا جزئياً إلى أن حربهم لم تكن من أجل الهند. وكان كل الجنود متطوعين؛ فكانت الجندية مهنتهم، وخدموا الإمبراطورية البريطانية التي كانت تقمع شعبهم في الديار.