The Veterans Project run by the National Muslim War Memorial Trust seeks to honour and keep alive the memory of Muslims who have served in Britain’s Armed Forces, by providing a platform where their stories can be heard.
We invite living veterans and the families of those who have served to submit their story for all to see.
Sergeant Mohammad Hussain is a veteran of the World War II Italian Campaign of September 1943 – May 1945. He strongly believes in Remembrance.
During World War 2 Khan Bahadur Gulmast Khan enlisted was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on 10th October 1941 when he was aged 59, him the earliest born Indian Air Force officer commissioned during the war.
Abdul Qayyum Sher, born in Kohat, 1921 served in the British Indian Army in Burma in World War 2 against the Japanese.
Colonel Mohammad Ghani is a centenarian who joined the British Indian Army in 1940. He was in a Punjab regiment and has sobering memories of 3.5 years spent in a Japanese prisoner of war camp where many died.
Lord Sheikh’s uncle Mohammed Isaac was a sergeant major in The Kings African Rifles and saw action in Abyssinia during the second world war.
Khudadad Khan VC was the first Muslim to be awarded the Victoria Cross in 1914 . He came from Chakwal in present-day Pakistan.
We invite living veterans and the families of those who have served to submit their story for all to see. To do so please use the two buttons below to submit the words of your story and an accompanying photograph.
If you have recorded a video, please upload that onto a third-party platform such as YouTube and provide the link via the video link section.
We accept files of the following types: .doc, .docx, .txt, .jpg, .png, and mp3.
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Muslims were a significant part of the British Armed Forces during both World Wars and played a pivotal role in shaping the country’s history, but their heroic contribution has been undervalued.
Lord Sheikh
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