Indian Army WW1 Window

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Maker

DAVID MAILE (Designer)
G. Maile & Sons (Manufacturer)

Ceremony

Placed
Date: 1970
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

12839

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Current location

In the Indian Army Memorial Room
Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst)
Haig Road
Sandhurst
Bracknell
Berkshire
GU15 4PQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 85772 60960
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Stained glass window, with two mullions, commemorating the service of Indian Army soldiers during World War One. The window's lights record the campaigns in which the Indian Army fought during that War: the upper left panel denoting Egypt 1915-1918; the lower left denoting East Africa, Palestine (with a depiction of a mounted horseman), and Aden 1915-1918; the upper centre panel depicts a group of soldiers at Gallipoli 1915; the lower centre panel depicts a sepoy with arms shouldered at high port, advancing through a war torn landscape in France/Flanders 1914-1918; the upper right panel denotes participation on the North West Frontier; the lower right panel denoting Persia 1915-1918, Mesopotamia 1914-1918 (with an image of a soldier bearing a rifle), and Trans Caspia 1918.

Inscription

(Reading left to right from the top): EGYPT 1915-1918 GALLIPOLI 1915 NORTHWEST FRONTIER / EAST AFRICA PERSIA 1915-1918 / PALESTINE FRANCE-FLANDERS 1914-1918 MESOPOTAMIA / ADEN 1915-1918 TRANS-CASPIA 1918

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

National Army Museum (Accession reference 2003-05-172-1)

Reference

The National Army Museum's description of this "Stained glass window memorial to the Indian Soldier" can be found at collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2003-05-172-1
The War Memorials Trust's reference for this window is 142612, www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/142612/

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