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Sikh pipers, drummers invited to join in honor of sacrifice
WSN Network

HOUSTON: Mick Stewart, the Drum-Major of 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) Pipe Band (reenacted) in Houston, Texas, has invited the Sikhs in Houston, Texas (or the U.S.) who are bagpipers or drummers to join the group!

"We are World War Two Historical reenactors honoring the service and sacrifice of all Allied soldiers that served in the Far East Theatre during the Second World War (1939-45). As such, we have formed a Scottish pipe band to help enhance our effort to honor the British and Indian Army and all Indian, Gurkha and Sikh Regiments that served.

"Sikhs served proudly in the British Army during the Second World War. We would like to educate Texans when we perform about the service of Sikh soldiers in the Burma Theatre and why they helped secure a lasting peace in the Far East with the defeat of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Little is known of the gallant Sikh Regiment that served in the Middle East (fighting Rommel and the Afrika Korps) or the Sikh Regiments that served in the various Indian Divisions fighting the Japanese," Stewart said. For more information, visit www.kosb.us

4 June, 2008
 

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