In Which We Learn About the War Memorials for Gurkhas, Sikhs, Jews etc. in the UK.
Channel: jharekcarnelian
Date: 2024-03-08

The announcement that the govt. would fund a war memorial for Muslim soldiers who died in both World Wars has caused several commentators to get slightly upset I've noticed. We've seen people going on about how they wouldn't fund memorials for other soldiers who died or other victims. The problem with this claim is that the government has funded such memorials. I give a lost of several memorials around the country below, some of these were privately funded and some were funded by the government. A stronger claim for being cautious of Hunt's offer is that I view it as a means to buy votes. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-new-memorial-to-sikh-servicemen

https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/assembly/find-a-site-for-the-sikh-soldier-monument-1

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/sikh-war-memorial-remembrance-garden-officially-opened/

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40292

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40292

The memorial below is outside the UK but as all of Ireland was under British rule at the time of the Great War I've included it out of interest:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40292