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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Maev Kennedy

Royal treatment

Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers.
Indian soldiers recuperate in the Royal Pavilion gardens. Photograph: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first wolrd war hospital for Indian soldiers.
The kitchen, which served as an operating theatre. Photograph: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers
Convalescent gurkhas outside the Royal Pavilion. Photograph: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers.
The dome of the Royal Pavilion, serving as a ward. Photograph: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers.
Three Indian orderlies working in a kitchen, which appears to be a temporary structure, possibly in the grounds of the pavilion. Photograph: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers.
A ward in the pavilion. Photograph: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers.
A makeshift Sikh temple in the Royal Pavilion Gardens. Photograph: Guardian
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion as first world war hospital for Indian soldiers.
Jemadar Mir Dast, who was awarded the Victoria Cross while in the Pavilion.
Photograph: Guardian
Brighton Royal Pavilion: Brighton Royal Pavilion first world war military hospital.
King George V decorates Havildar Gagna Singh with the Indian Order of Merit, attended by British and Indian soldiers, at the Royal Pavilion, 21 August 1915. [This caption was amended on 19 April 2010. The original named the king as George VI.]
Photograph: Guardian
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