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‘They deserve better’: WWI Indian cavalry memorial at Somme site sparks ridicule (PHOTOS)
A unique memorial to the Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade of the Indian Army, which fought at the Somme in WWI, has left people utterly baffled because of its cartoonish depictions of war heroes.
“It’s disappointingly poor. And yet done with such good intentions. What a shame,” wrote military historian Jeremy Banning, of the newly installed memorial at Longueval windmill on the famous battle ground.
Photos of the new, as yet unfinished, memorial to the Indian cavalry who attacked between High Wood & Delville Wood on 14 July 1916. Memorial at site of Longueval windmill overlooking Bristol’s Own cross. #Somme#WW1pic.twitter.com/1ihw9O8Phf
— Jeremy Banning
