British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives fighting for “future generations who have no knowledge of the World’s armed forces.
the My family heritage The project, supported by the Royal British Legion, is building an online archive of the experiences of Asians that will raise awareness of shared histories and sacrifices in different communities in Britain.
More than 2.5 million people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka served in the second world war, the largest army in the world, in the history of the Volunteer.
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Focaldata Polling conducted for the Future of Britain shows half of the British public is unaware of this heritage, with around 60% of Asians aware of it.
Tanmanjeet Singh DHESI MP, the chair of the House of Commons Defense Committee, hosted a Remembrance Event at the UK Ministry on 4 November of the late Second World War Veterans Havillt Majino Singh dhatt Mbe, who was with the troops who rejected all the possibilities of the essential Battle of Kohima which repelled a Japanese attack on India; and Sgt Muhammad Hussainwho ran away from home at 16 to join and fight in the Battle of Monte Cassino, the bitter campaign against the Axis forces in Italy. The stories of veterans one of the first to be added to my family legacy site.
Desi said he felt a duty to ensure that the shared history attached to the sacrifices of the Black and Asian streets including his own Sikh ancestors, including the “airbrushed”.
Edaz Hussain, grandson of Sgt Hussain, said it was “important” that the stories of a generation of fighting for a nation have a nation in future generations of a nation.
Amrit Kaur Dhatt, granddaughter of Maj Sing Dhatt, said: “It is very important to get the stories of the Commonwealth and Ethnicity, because they are left without a society that does not know much from history.”
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Sunder Katwala, the director of the upcoming Himely, said that the purpose of my family’s legacy “is to help the stories of the contribution of people who come together to come to a modern, diverse Britain”.
Gail Walters, Director of Network Partnement of the Royal British Legion, said that the love that families want to have a memory, with “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important photo” and the “important picture” and the “important picture” and the “important role” of the “important role” and the “important picture” and the “important role” of the “important role” of the “important role” they played in the national story.