Sikh policemen in Malaya/Singapore circa 1941. Stately and sturdy they often serving as doorkeepers in hotels and within the police force throughout the British Empire. In 1942 some joined the Indian National Army formed from POWs and civilians to end Britain's colonial rule in India, while others undertook espionage missions to fuel anti-British sentiments in India.

This image is from the "Brotherhood of Mankind" exhibition at Fort Canning Singapore in 1999, on Sikhs in the Indian Army from 1857 through the Second World War. #IndianArmy #IndianPOW #SingaporeWW2 #WW2