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Latitude: 50.8842 / 50°53'3"N
Longitude: -0.147 / 0°8'49"W
OS Eastings: 530443
OS Northings: 111045
OS Grid: TQ304110
Mapcode National: GBR JNB.KN9
Mapcode Global: FRA B6LR.SNR
Plus Code: 9C2XVVM3+M6
Entry Name: The Chattri
Listing Date: 20 August 1971
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1379911
English Heritage Legacy ID: 479353
ID on this website: 101379911
Location: Brighton and Hove, West Sussex, BN1
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward/Division: Patcham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Brighton and Hove
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: Patcham
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: War memorial
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 June 2021 to correct the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
TQ31SW
577-1/2/993
BRIGHTON
Patcham
The Chattri
(Formerly listed as The Chattri, at NGR TQ 304 103, on land north of A27 Road and east of A23 Road A27 (North side, off))
20/08/71
II
Memorial. 1921. Designed by EC Henriques under the supervision of Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob. Erected on the site where bodies of Hindu and Sikh soldiers were cremated.
White Sicilian marble and another, darker stone for the base. The base is square in plan, and stepped down four times towards the east; resting on it is an octagonal pavilion, the columns of which are square in plan converting to octagonal half-way up, with bracketed capitals, carrying a dome with the wide eaves and profile of an Indian chattri. The base is inscribed, in English and Hindi, 'TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THE INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING-EMPEROR THIS MONUMENT ERECTED IN THE SITE WHERE THE HINDUS AND SIKHS WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL IN BRIGHTON PASSED THROUGH FIRE, IS IN GRATEFUL ADMIRATION AND BROTHERLY AFFECTION DEDICATED.'
Listing NGR: TQ3044311045
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 October 2017.
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