“It’s not just Sikhs, anybody who has died should be recognised. “Sikhs were a very important part of the British Army, and we all know of the Battle of Saragarhi in Afghanistan in 1897 when 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans, and there have been films made on that. “The Sikhs were very loyal and very important, as were the Gurkha regiment. A lot of Sikh soldiers died. “I have no idea why they weren’t recognised at the time. I suppose it was the British government decision at the time, and they should have done that, they should have had them recognised.’’
Mark and Loredana Fitzgerald have twin sons with autism.Andreas and Matthias were born on October 13, 2004.
Raising their boys has not been an easy journey but despite the many challenges and hurdles experienced over the past 16 years, parenthood has filled them with countless surprises and blessings and made them realise they have given their children the best encouragement to be able to live as independently as possible within the community.
“While keeping our feet on the ground, we really hope that our story of suffering on the one hand, and of love, positivity and strength on the other, will serve as inspiration,” says Mark, a technical supervisor of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
WILLIE McNulty’s sacrifice was as great as any lord of the manor, which is why his headstone in the Railway Cemetery in Ieper in Flanders, Belgium, is the same size and carries an equivalent inscription. Willie, a proud son of Brockagh, Co Donegal, Ireland, was a soldier of the Empire too (although Ireland was on its way to breaking from the UK by then) when he fell in 1916. The 116,000 black and Asian casualties from the First World War were also children of the Empire – only their sacrifice was not recognised with headstones. Willie’s headstone is a lasting physical testament that he lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and was loved, and now lies In Flanders fields.
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