On the 124th anniversary of the battle of Saragarhi, a life-size bronze statue of Havildar Ishar Singh was unveiled at Guru Nanak Gurdwara at Wednesfield, a suburb of Wolverhampton town in UK. This is the first such UK memorial of its kind commemorating the bravery of 19th-century Sikh soldiers. The Battle of Saragarhi took place on September 12, 1897. The conflict saw 21 soldiers from the 36th Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army fight against thousands of Afghan tribesmen. The 21 Sikh soldiers, led by Havildar Ishar Singh, chose to fight to the death rather than surrender. Many from the Sikh community, the first Sikh female member of parliament MP Preet Kaur Gill, and three descendants of the battle’s soldiers were present at the unveiling ceremony.