The hour-long drive to Basingstoke had me thinking all sorts of thoughts about the creation of the WW1 Sikh Memorial – we are currently putting together the launch event and my attention has also been drawn to the souvenir publication “The Sikh Chronicles.”   So the drive was a chance to think and reflect. It […]

As we gear up for the official launch of the WW1 Sikh Memorial on Sunday 29th March, we thought we’d share with you some new artwork and a guest article from the “Sikh Chronicles” publication we are releasing on the day. Jag Lall is an artist we regularly work with – and below details how […]

As we build up to the launch of the WW1 Sikh Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in late March 2015, we’re releasing some of the articles that will feature in our souvenir publication. Today’s guest contribution is from Mark Bibby, the sculptor of the memorial who describes below his process in creating an everlasting […]

In creating the WW1 Sikh Memorial we wanted to create a statute in honour of ALL Sikhs who served during the conflict rather than any one individual. Nor did we want to idolise any person, as creating such effigies goes against the principles of the Sikh faith. So we nicknamed the statute “Subedar” and created an […]

We’re pleased to announce that all our “Sikhs At War” films exploring the story of Sikhs during the Great War is now available on DVD. You can find the DVD via Amazon here. For bulk orders for your school, organisation etc contact us directly.

On Friday 12th September we commemorated Saragarhi Day at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. A delegation of school children attended from Khalsa Primary School in Slough – below are some of their comments. I liked the visit because I came to know about the contribution of Sikhs in the World War 1. (Riya) It was a […]

In this second post on how to fund heritage projects, I want to give an indication of how WW1 Sikh Memorial Fund was successful by publishing some of our donor stats and using this to show how you too can build up an audience for your own campaigns. We took to Kickstarter to create a […]

This month I want to inspire you all.  Yes YOU! For far too long work on the agenda of Anglo-Sikh heritage has been the bastion of politically motivated and ego-centric organisations. Such organisations use and abuse contacts and well-wishers, burn bridges with new and established talent and prevent others from leading on heritage awareness programmes. […]

Brigadier Mark Abraham OBE received a kirpan or ceremonial sword from the Akaal  Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh at the centre of Sikhdom, Sri Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar (often called the ‘Golden Temple’). The honour came as seven British Army Officers and Soldiers visited India to commemorate the Battle of Saragarhi where twenty-one Sikhs fought […]