Lest We forget

The annual Sikh Remembrance Day ceremony was held on Sunday, November 6 at the military grave of Canadian World War I hero, Private Buckam Singh, in Kitchener, Ontario; with over 200 people attending. It is the only military grave in Canada of a Sikh soldier from the World Wars, and the ceremony is the largest annual gatherings of Sikh soldiers and veterans in North America. The 103 year old military grave of Pte. Buckam Singh is the unique location of the annual Sikh Remembrance Day Ceremony now in it’s 15th year. Singh died in a military hospital in 1919 and his grave is the only military grave in Canada of a Sikh soldier from the World Wars in Canada.