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    Memorial

    Huddersfield Sikh Soldier

    Sikh Soldier Statue close up

    Source: Copyright Alan Taylor

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    Current Location

    Adjacent to Park Cafe. Small carpark (charges), Greenhead Park, Trinity Street, Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, HD1 4DT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 13746 16848

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    87341
    Description
    1.8m (6ft) Indian Bronze Statue on Yorkshire Stone Plinth.
    Inscription
    'GRANT ME THIS BLESSING O GOD./ MAY I NEVER REFRAIN FROM RIGHTEOUS ACTS./ THAT I SHALL NOT FEAR/ WHEN I GO INTO BATTLE AND,/ WITH DETERMINATION I WILL E VICTORIOUS./ THAT I MAY TEACH MYSELF THIS CREED ALONE,/ TO SPEAK ONLY OF THY PRAISES,/ I MAY DIE RIGHTEOUS IN THE/ MIGHT OF THE BATTLEFIELD.'/ DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE SIKH/ SOLDIERS OF THE BRITISH INDIAN ARMY/ WHO FOUGHT IN THE TWO WORLD WARS./ THEY PERFORMED THEIR DUTY WITH/ HONOUR WHILE KEEPING THEIR FAITH IN/ GOD AND KHALSA PRINCIPLES./ SIKH SOLDIERS ORGANISATION NOVEMBER 2019
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Additional Information
    To commemorate more than 83,000 Sikhs were killed and many more wounded during both world wars and beyond. Huddersfield was chosen because of it's "vibrant" Sikh community.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Additional Information
    To commemorate more than 83,000 Sikhs were killed and many more wounded during both world wars and beyond. Huddersfield was chosen because of it's "vibrant" Sikh community.
    Maker(s)
    • Sikh Soldiers Organisation

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Sponsored By
    Sikh Soldiers Organisation
    Maintenance History
    New. Unveiled 30 November 2019.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    30 November 2019

    Dignataries from across West Yorkshire County. Sikh, Military, Civliaan and Townspeople.

    Custodian
    Sikh Soldier Organisation

    Components

    Sculpture

    Height: 1,800mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 1,600mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good