CANADA'S DEAD.
Unveiling of Memorial at Vimy Ridge. PILGRIMAGE OF 6000 PEOPLE. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, June 20. Five ships will sail from Montreal to Havre and Antwerp on July Hi, carrying more than 0000 Canadian men who served in the Great War, and their relatives. They will be present on July 26 at the unveiling by King Edward of the Canadian war memorial on Vimy Ridge. The pilgrims also will visit other parts of the western front, including the cemeteries where Canadians were buried. Afterward they will come to England where there will be a ceremony at the Cenotaph and at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. Wreaths will be laid on the graves of Earl Jellicoe in ■ St. Paul's and of Earl Haig in Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland. More than 4000 of the pilgrims later will be the guests for a week of the French Government.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1936, Page 9
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150CANADA'S DEAD. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1936, Page 9
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