2-693-639 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Unveiling of the Chattri by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, 1st February 1921', (1939). The Chattri war memorial in Brighton, Sussex, is unveiled by Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972). During the First World War, wounded Indian soldiers were treated at makeshift military hospitals in the town - some died, and those who were Hindus and Sikhs were cremated, with funeral rites being observed, on the site of the Chattri. From A History of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Henry D. Roberts. [Country Life Limited, London, 1939]