OLD CONTEMPTIBLES.
UHURCH PARADE IN LONDON. HEADED BY BATH-CHAIRS. United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 15. Played to St. Paul’s Cathedral by the Welsh Guards and Royal Artillery bands, 1400 Old Contemptibles in mufti, with war medals, held, a church parade under the eyes of field marshals, admirals, civic dignatories and the French and Belgium Ambassadors, after which the Lord Mayor took the salute in a march past at Mansion House. Wounded ex-servicemen in bathchairs led the procession, the divisions of which were marked by the massed colours, draped in token of the Royal mourning.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 131, 16 March 1936, Page 6
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