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Our regular weekly newsletter is changing. We will continue to commemorate the fallen with the Sikh Roll of Honour for the remainder of our project up to the end of 2016. Starting from next week our Citizen Historian stories will be going out in a fortnightly newsletter.
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The Sikh Roll of Honour: 100 Years Ago This Week
This week's roll of honour of those who died exactly 100 years ago is one of the shorter lists. Their names seem all the more poignant for being so. They were in the main foot soldiers (Sepoys), plus one cavalryman (Sowar) and one Artisan in the Indian Railways Railways Department - reminding us that all kinds of professional servicemen served and died in far flung lands, as far apart as Kenya, France and Iraq.
Sikh Roll of Honour week commencing Monday 19 September:
Monday, 19 September 2016- Harnam Singh • born in the village of Kesowali, Raya, Sialkot • Sepoy in the Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry (F.F.) (Lumsden's) • died in Kenya
- Bhan Singh • born in the village of Paddri, Tarn Taran, Amritsar • Sepoy in the Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry (F.F.) (Lumsden's) • died in Kenya
- Dula Singh • born in the village of Mangwal, Chakwal, Jhelum • Sepoy in the 67th Punjabis • died in Iraq
- Wassan Singh • born in the village of Pakha Pur, Tarn Taran, Amritsar • Sowar in the 18th King George's Own Lancers • died in France
- Charan Singh • born in the village of Post Bulluwal, Pholapare, Hoshiarpur • Artisan in the Indian Railway Department • died in Iraq
- Tota Singh • born in the village of Kalakh, Ludhiana • Sepoy in the 66th Punjabis • died in Iraq
But who were these men? What is their story? Help us find out by becoming a Citizen Historian and following our step-by-step getting started guide on how to research a WW1 Sikh soldier.
Do you have a personal link to any of them? Do you recognise your village? If yes, then could it be that the soldier is connected to you, even possibly your WW1 ancestor?
Click on a name above and you'll be taken to their Soldier Record where, to the bottom-right, you'll see the 'Adopt Soldier' button - click on this to begin your journey as a Citizen Historian, helping to create a lasting memorial and legacy to the fallen.
Till next time
The EFW Team
The Sikhs of World War One: With Your Help They Will Be Remembered.
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Picture Credits:
1. Detail from a postcard showing convalescing Sikh soldiers, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, c 1915 (Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton and Hove).
2. Detail from the memorial plaque in the village of Narangwal (Image credit: Baljinder Singh).
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