“LONDON AND DEFENCE OF REALM”
PAGEANT FOR LORD MAYOR’S SHOW
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RUGBY, October 6
The central feature of this year s Lord Mayor’s Show, on November 9 will be a pageant entitled "The City of London and the Defence of the Realm.” The historical association with the city of famous regiments will be recalled. The earliest detachment of city troops represented will be gunners, archers, pikemen and billmen in the white uniforms of 1593. Members of. the Honourable Artillery Company will appear as the train bands and auxiliaries of 1643, and men of the Grenadier Guards in the undorms of the 1664 foot guards and defence Later periods of history will be represented by other regiments closely associated with London, and finally tableaux will show London troops in trench warfare o * th * Western Front in 1 915 - Gallipoli in 1916, at Passchendaele in 1917, and in the last advance in 1918. DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS. Wonderful Selection, latest designs Inspect Window, about half usual PrlCe ' JONES and SONS.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21908, 8 October 1936, Page 11
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