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The Chattri Memorial

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A Grade II listed memorial of white Sicilian marble on the South Downs above Brighton, marking the exact site where 53 Hindu and Sikh soldiers of the Indian Army — wounded on the Western Front and treated in Brighton’s wartime hospitals — were cremated in accordance with their religious rites. Unveiled by the Prince of Wales in 1921, it is accessible only by footpath and hosts an annual remembrance service each June.

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