Lions of the Great War

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a bronze sculpture of man wearing a Sikh turban and carrying a rifle on his left side, set on a granite plinth on in a small plaza
Lions of the Great War sculpture in the High Street of Smethwick

The Lions of the Great War is a war memorial in Smethwick, in Sandwell in the West Midlands of England, dedicated to the memory of the Sikh soldiers from the British Indian Army who fought in the First World War. It was unveiled on 4 November 2018 as part of the centenary of the end of the war. The bronze sculpture is a 10 ft (3 metres) high depiction of a Sikh soldier of the First World War on a 5 ft granite plinth; it was created by Luke Perry.[1][2][3][4][5]

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