Weekly Roll of Honour
The data that goes into our regular weekly newsletter commemorating the fallen is taken from our groundbreaking Solider Map, which pins soldiers to their ancestral town or village. If you have a connection to one of those locations please share the link on your social networks, and encourage friends and family to sign up directly to our newsletters to help spread awareness of the Sikhs of World War One.
The Sikh Roll of Honour: 100 Years Ago This Week
This week's roll of honour of those who died exactly 100 years ago lists
men from a variety of professional roles including Drivers,
Infantrymen, Sappers and even a Bugler. Three died in Iraq while the
other 15 - all men of the Jind Infantry - died in Kenya, a truly
forgotten front of the Great War.
The men's roots were all in the villages of Punjab - often dusty obscure
places but all with their own histories and traditions. Most continue
to have a special place in the hearts of those who originate from them -
is one of the villages listed below connected to you? Are you possibly
related to one of these men?
Sikh Roll of Honour Week Commencing Monday 03 September:
Wednesday, 05 October 2016
- Dalip Singh • born in the village of Makriana, Hoshiarpur • Driver in the Indian Royal Artillery • died in Iraq
- Mangal Singh • born in the village of Changal, Sangrur, Jind • Jemadar in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Partab Singh • born in the village of Sosiarpur, Kharar, Ambala • Sapper in the 3rd Sappers and Miners • died in Iraq
- Udham Singh • born in the village of Ball, Jalandhar • Sepoy in the 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) • died in Iraq
- Khiwan Singh • born in the village of Alal, Dhuri, Patiala • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Jiwa Singh • born in the village of Bhadla, Samrala, Ludhiana • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Hira Singh • born in the village of Dhabi, Narwana, Patiala • Lance Naik in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Lehna Singh • born in the village of Ganduan, Sunam, Patiala • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Bagga Singh • born in the village of Khilrian, Sangrur, Jind • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Dan Singh • born in the village of Kularkhud, Sangrur, Jind • Bugler in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Mal Singh • born in the village of Maisarkhana, Bhatinda, Patiala • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Jagta Singh • born in the village of Mulumajra, Samrala, Ludhiana • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Surmukh Singh • born in the village of Shejuana, Fatehabad, Hissar • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Kishn Singh • born in the village of Sujo, Nawashahr, Jalandhar • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Thakura Singh • born in the village of Chak No 124, Lyallpur • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Surmukh Singh • born in the village of Hasangarh, Patiala • Subedar in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Bishn Singh • born in the village of Konla, Ambala • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
- Hardit Singh • born in the village of Rubba, Patiala • Sepoy in the Jind Infantry • died in Kenya
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
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Picture Credits:
1. Detail of an engraving titled 'Fight: The Indian Empire and the
Panoply of War Against the Hun’ after a painting by by F. Sancha.
Published in The Graphic, 31 July 1915. (UKPHA Archive)
2. Detail from a coloured lithograph titled ‘Hindu NCO (Sikh) - Sundar
Singh Havildar’ after a work by Eugène Burnand, 1917. (Courtesy: Satpal
Singh Lal (slantiques.blogspot.com))