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in ) | location = Brighton and Hove, England | address = Deep Bottom, off A27, Patcham | coordinates = | map_type = United Kingdom Brighton and Hove| latitude=50.88417|longitude=-0.14694 | map_caption = Location of the Chattri within Brighton and Hove | start_date = August 1920 | completion_date = December 1920 | inauguration_date = 1 February 1921 | height = | diameter = | architect = E.C. Henriques | architecture_firm = William Kirkpatrick Ltd, Trafford Park, Manchester }} The Chattri is a war memorial in the English city of Brighton and Hove. It is situated in a serene position above the city on the South Downs above the suburb of Patcham, and is accessible only by bridleway. It stands on the site where a number of Indian soldiers who fought for the British Empire were cremated during the First World War. The structure has Grade II listed status, reflecting its architectural and historic importance. ==Indian soldiers in Brighton== India was part of the British Empire during the First World War, and more than 800,000 Indian soldiers fought for the Allied Powers. During the four years of fighting, thousands of wounded combatants were brought to Britain to be treated in makeshift military hospitals. Three were established in Brighton; one was the town's famous royal palace, the Royal Pavilion.〔 King George V is said to have decreed that Indian soldiers were to be treated at the Pavilion, apparently believing that the flamboyant Indo-Saracenic building would provide familiar surroundings.〔 In December 1914, 345 injured soldiers were transported to Brighton by train and were transferred to the hospitals.〔 The King and Queen, Mayor of Brighton, Chief Constable of Brighton and other dignitaries visited frequently, and careful arrangements were made at the Royal Pavilion to provide for the different dietary and other cultural requirements of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims.〔 Although the great majority of soldiers recovered from their injuries, some died. The 21 Muslim men who died were taken to the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking, Surrey, and buried in accordance with Islamic tradition in a new cemetery.〔 The bodies of 53 Hindus and Sikhs were taken to a remote location high on the South Downs above Brighton, where a ghat (funeral pyre) was built so they could be cremated and their ashes scattered in the English Channel. This funeral rite was again carried out in line with religious custom.〔〔 In total, 18 men who were treated at the Royal Pavilion died, ten of whom were cremated on the ghat.〔 (The 56 other victims died at the Kitchener Hospital—now Brighton General Hospital—or a temporarily converted school at York Place.)〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chattri, Brighton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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