Sikh British Army personnel celebrating at the 120th anniversary of the legendary heroism of 21 British Indian Army Sikh soldiers at the Battle of Saragarhi was marked by a commemoration service at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Staffordshire.
Around 200 military, civilian and community leaders including Colonel Richard Maybery, Deputy Commander of Donnington based 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade, Mr Ian Dudson, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, and members of the British Armed Forces Sikh Association (BAFSA) gathered at the NMA’s Sikh memorial for the service paying tribute to the 21 British Indian Army Sepoys (Sikh soldiers) who died in a last stand against 10,000 Afghan tribesmen defending the Saragarhi outpost in the hills of the North West Frontier Province, now Pakistan, but then part of British India.
Pictured: Private Opinderjit Singh Atwal pays respects in front of the Guru Granth Sahib
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Corporal Dek Traylor / MoD Crown
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