KING VISITS TROOPS IN BRITAIN
(BBITISH OFFICII!.. WIEJSIJSSa.) . RUGBY, January 2. " The King paid a. visit to-day to j troops in the Southern Command, j where he, was met by a parade of | 4000 men who greeted him with a burst of cheering. J After inspecting this centre and talking with .many officers and men, His Majesty drove in a camouflaged car to a number of small villages in the area where the units have been stationed. At" each place the King left his car and walked down the lines, and at one place he walked more than a mile along a road.linedj with enthusiastically cheering men.l At this point His Majesty's only escort was a crowd of evacuated children who followed closely behind him. . His Majesty's- tour took him through two counties and occupied most of the day.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22909, 4 January 1940, Page 3
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