PARKS CONVERTED INTO CAMPS
LONDON'S PREPARATIONS FOR CORONATION CONTINGENTS (Received January 14, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 13. London's parks and open spaces are being converted during the Coronation into camps for the troops lining the route of the processions. They will accommodate 60,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from throughout the Empire. Dominion troops will have central barracks. Hyde Park will be reserved for spectators.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 11
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