A staunch proponent of giving due respect to soldiers, especially those whose sacrifices may have been forgotten over the years since they lay down their lives far away from the motherland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it a point to visit the memorials in his foreign visits.

During his recent visit to France in February 2025, the Prime Minister visited the Mazargues War Cemetery in Marseille. The Cemetery contains a memorial that honors the memory of Indian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice while defending foreign lands during World War. As a tribute to their valor and sacrifice, PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath at the cemetery, reaffirming the deep historical ties between India and France.

In August 2024, PM laid a wreath and paid tribute at the Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino in Warsaw, Poland. This Monument commemorates the sacrifice and valour of soldiers from Poland, India and other countries who fought alongside each other in the famous Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during the second World War.

In June 2023, PM visited the Heliopolis Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Cairo during his State Visit to Egypt. He paid homage to over 4300 valiant Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Egypt and Aden during the 1st World War.

In October 2018, PM spoke about the contribution of Indian soldiers in the First World War. "We had no direct connection with that war. Despite this, our soldiers fought bravely and played a very big role and made the supreme sacrifice. Our soldiers have displayed great valour in difficult areas and adverse conditions," Modi had remarked.

In September 2018, during his Mann Ki Baat address ,  PM spoke about the centenary of the Battle of Haifa in Israel and paid tributes to our brave soldiers of Mysore, Hyderabad & Jodhpur Lancers who had freed Haifa from the clutches of oppressors during the First World War.

In July 2017, PM visited the Indian War Cemetery in Haifa, Israel and paid respect to the soldiers.

In November 2015, PM Modi paid homage at the INA Memorial Marker in Singapore and became the first Indian PM to do so. In April 2015, PM Modi paid homage to Indian Soldiers at World War I Memorial in Neuve-Chapelle in France. He became the first Indian Prime Minister to do so.

During his visit to Australia in November 2014, PM Modi paid homage to the martyrs at the Australian War Memorial, in Canberra. At the memorial, he presented the Man Singh Trophy, a prized possession of Sikh regiment battalions, to his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott. The trophy originally in silver was presented to the Officers' Mess 14 (King George's own) Sikhs in 1919. The officers of the battalion, who served in the unit during the First World War in Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai and Mesopotamia from October 1914 to May 1917, had made it in commemoration of the gallant actions of their soldiers during the First World War.