Introduction
The Indian Army
The Main Ethnic Groups
Arrival and Trench Warfare
Endurance and Departure
The Rewards of Bravery
Indian Hospitals in Brighton
The Pavilion Hospital
The Indians & Brighton
Cremation and Burial
Brighton and The Chattri
Indian War Memorials
Roll of Honour

The Pavilion Hospital



“We are in England. It is a very fine country. The food, the clothes and the buildings are very fine. Everything is such as one would not see even in a dream. One should regard it as fairyland."


Subedar-Major Sardar Bahadur Gugan to a friend in India Brighton Hospital




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Indians Convalescing in the Pavilion Grounds

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Ward for Indian Officers in the Pavilion

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Indian Soldiers in the Pavilion Grounds

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Indian Hospital Ward in the Corn Exchange

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A Sikh Kitchen Royal Pavilion Hospital

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The Red Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion

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The Pavilion Hospital Operating Theatre

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Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) in a Tent In the Pavilion Grounds

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Indian Hospital Ward in the Dome

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King George V (front right) & Lt.-Col. McLeod (centre) Commanding Officer of the Pavilion Hospital

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Wounded Indian Soldiers in the Pavilion Grounds

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