First Sikh soldier in Canada to enlist for WW I remembered as a 'fierce soldier,' historian says

A special remembrance ceremony will be held Sunday at the gravesite of Pte. Buckam Singh in Kitchener, Ont. Historian Sandeep Singh Brar, with the Sikh Museum, says Singh's story is an inspirational one and he wants more people to hear it.

First Sikh soldier in Canada to enlist for WW I remembered as a 'fierce soldier,' historian says
A gravesite says: Service Number 454819 Private Bukkan Singh 28th Battalion." The date of death is listed as "27th Aug 1919."

A special remembrance ceremony will be held Sunday at the gravesite of Pte. Buckam Singh in Kitchener, Ont. Historian Sandeep Singh Brar, with the Sikh Museum, says Singh's story is an inspirational one and he wants more people to hear it.