Slough MP leads campaign for Sikh war memorial in London

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 31

Leading a campaign for the launch of the London National Sikh War Memorial, Slough MP Tanmanjit Dhesi has pledged an amount of £375,000.

The campaign is being organised under the auspices of the National Sikh War Memorial Trust, a charity instituted in 2017 for the purpose of finally delivering on this longstanding community aspiration. Dhesi, who hails from Raipur village in Jalandhar and is the nephew of SGPC member Paramjit Singh Raipur, said: “The memorial will commemorate Sikh soldiers who exhibited extraordinary bravery and sacrifices in the service of Great Britain, during both World Wars. Though Sikhs made up only 2 per cent of the population of British India, they formed 20 per cent of the British Indian Army during the I World War, and hundreds of thousands of Sikh soldiers saw active service during the two major wars and other conflicts. Over 83,000 turbaned Sikh soldiers laid down their lives and more than 1,00,000 were injured during the world wars.”

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