Sikh soldiers

Release Notification for Piara Singh for his rank as a Crafts Man, third grade Instrument Mechanic from the I.E.M.E unit of the army. The probabation certificate is valid till 15th May, 1947, which is his date of release from the army.

Image of a group of sikh soldiers standing in trenches, while another group sets up barbed wire fencing along the edge.

Postcard image of a sikh soldier and British soldier walking side by side with the flags for the United Kingdom and the Star of India flag used when the Indian subcontinent was under British occupation. The postcard caption reads: "Comrades; 'India, with no less alacrity, has claimed her share in the common task. Every class and creed, British and Native, Princes and People, Hindoos and Mahometans, vie with one another in a noble and emulous rivalry. Two divisions of her magnificent Army are already on their way.' -From the Guildhall Speech of The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain."

Magazine cover for the September 18, 1915 issue of The War Budget Illustrated. The cover illustration features a sikh soldier carrying a machine gun.

Magazine cover for The War Pictures Weekly and the London Illustrated Weekly no. 43 vol. II

Image of sikh cavalry officers on horseback.

Image of a group of sikh soldiers walking down the street in Place de l'Opéra in front of a crowd of people.

Image of a line of eight sikh soldiers wearing gas masks in front of a sikh officer without a gas mask.

Image of six sikh soliders hauling machine guns and related equipment through a field during the first world war.