Stardust Memories

Brighton pavillion was built for the Prince Regent so that he could dip his gouty foot into the sea and get pissed on gin in the garden. During the First World war the pavilion was again used for recuperation and served as a military hospital for Indian Corps troops The Sikh and Hindu soldiers who died were cremated on the Downs to the north of Brighton. The Muslim fatalities were buried in a specially constructed cemetery in Woking, Surrey: at this time, Woking contained the only purpose-built Mosque in England. Although the Indian Military Hospital closed in early 1916, it reopened as a military hospital for limbless British soldiers. It did not return to civic ownership until 1920.