Wounded Indian soldiers from the Western Front in 1914-15 were treated at military hospitals in England. One of them, the Lady Hardinge Hospital, was located at Brockenhurst. This is quite possibly the only period photograph of an Indian soldier being cremated. 
The hospital was named after Lady Hardinge, wife of the Viceroy of India, who died shortly before war broke out.
A photograph of a wounded Indian and British soldier
Brockenhurst was well situated to receive wounded soldiers transported to the UK given its proximity and railway links to the port of Southampton.
Wounded #Gurkhas posing with their khukris. Another photo from the series taken at Brockenhurst.
Waiting at a train station, possibly at Southampton, to be transported to a military hospital.
