Interesting side story to this was that the Brits were losing their doctors, and could not get enough doctors for the war effort there. My great-grandfather (Indian-Punjabi), was sent as a 20 year old to England to study medicine. He came back to India a doctor, and was sent to Afghanistan as a British-Indian Army doctor. He saved many lives including a Major, and in gratitude, the Major gave my great-granddad his writing table. I still have the British Major’s writing table. It’s seen better days...though.
That’s a very cool story!