Sikh Artillery of the Anglo-Sikh Wars

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Detail of Captured Sikh Cannon, from the Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. photo courtesy Neil Carleton

Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum, London

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Besides the massive cannon of Lahore, taken by Ranjit Singh from Amritsar, the Bhangian di Toph also called Zamzama, once Shah Durrani's cannon, the best place to see Sikh artillery is at 'Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum' in London which displays the collections of the Royal Artillery Historical Trust. The exhibits primarily consist of the uniforms, weapons, medals and equipment of the Royal Artillery. There is also a large archive and library dealing with all aspects of the Regiment’s history.

Read more on 'Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum' at [1]

Sikh Cannons

The items of particular interest to the Sikh community are the six guns captured during the Anglo-Sikh wars, in three presentation pairs. The first pair are magnificent light horse artillery pieces, the famous ‘Sutlej Guns’, with their original limbers and carriages. The second are earlier, larger guns cast in the Mughal style, also on their original carriages. Finally, there are the ‘Cossipore Howitzers’, two superbly decorated bronze barrels presented by the East India Company to Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1838. One of each, as well as a number of other important Indian guns, are on permanent display.

The others, along with a significant collection of Indian arms and armour, are held in the reserve collection. The library and archives also hold collections of soldiers’ papers, books and photographs concerning the history of the Indian Presidency artilleries and the Indian mountain batteries.

Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum is located in the historic Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, South East London.


Dover Castle

Dover Castle is home to to the Regimental Museum of the Queens Regiment and holds Sikh battle standards and cannon from the Anglo Sikh Wars Sutlej campaign. Address: Dover Castle, Dover, CT16 1HN.