The object I have chosen is an Elephant ... before war was declared. Mother was bombed out and we went to live with my Grandfather whose house was, as I remember, full of Indian memorabilia ...

Ancient Indian art, such as sculptures at the Channakeshava Temple in Karnataka, illustrates the use of war elephants as part of a fourfold army, known as chaturanga bala, which included infantry ...

While most of the elephants were collected after the war, in the confusion, one Indian elephant was left behind unclaimed. It continued to live in the Gatehouse and some of the locals still ...