Bukkan Singh and Waterloo Region

: Bukkan Singh is not as well known in Waterloo Region as Lt.-Col, according to CBC. John McCrae of Guelph, Ont., the writer of the famous poem In Flanders Fields, but that not for Singh lack of merit or contribution. Pte. Remembrance Day in Waterloo Region National War Memorial special coverage Why In Flanders Fields still resonates Canadian historian Sandeep Singh Brar told CBC Radio The Morning Edition host Craig Norris Wednesday morning he only discovered the soldier when he found Singh war medals in a British pawn shop and then went on to locate his grave in a Kitchener, Ont., cemetery. Bukkan Singh Harjit Sajjan: Meet Canada new 'badass' defence minister "That grave...is the only military grave in all of Canada of a Sikh soldier," Brar said. "It important because it shows that our military history as a country is a collective history of contributions for a lot of different ethnic groups and people from diverse backgrounds and religions. Story of Pte. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.