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Many men who fell during these campaigns are honoured by the [http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission ] Amongst these are [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=144000&mode=1 4,742 soldiers from India] whose names are recorded on the [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/othercemeteries/neuvechapelleindian.htm Neuve Chapelle Memorial]in France. In 1964 these names were expanded to also commemorate 210 servicemen of India whose graves at Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery in East Germany could not be maintained.
*[http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-indian-forces.htm Indian Forces Memorial, Ypres] greatwar.co.uk
From December 1914 to February 1916 the [http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/Pages/home.aspx Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Sussex UK] was used as a hospital for troops from the Indian corps who had been wounded during WW1 in France and Flanders. This [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8589634.stm BBC news item] contains photographic detail from the permanent exhibition opened in April 2010. It also contains further links to articles highlighting other ways in which the Indian troops of WW1 have been remembered in the Sussex area.<br>
*[http://www.sikhmuseum.com/brighton Doctor Brighton's Pavilion] is an 'Online Exhibit' from sikhmuseum.com with much information.
*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/18.html Record Of Work [in France<nowiki>]</nowiki> Of Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service For India] Scarletfinders
*The Lady Hardinge Hospital at Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, was for wounded Indian soldiers 1915-mid 1916. For more details see [[Nurse#First World War hospital for wounded Indian soldiers|Nurse]]
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