ETON WAR MEMORIAL
' Presiding over a meeting of old Etonians, in connection with the Eton War Memorial, Lord Eosebery said they had had a telegram from the Duke of Devonshire Governor-General of Canada, givin" .£IOOO and that Messrs. Coutte and two other subscribers had also given .£IOOO each. The total up to was .£82,000. ' ' "There is no memorial, eaid Lord Eosebery "more fitting to old Etonians who have died in the war than the serious guarantee that their sons will not L neglected, that they will be helped to , nave their education. at the eeme old school When a man in stricken to, death there irill he no greater solace in his oTony than the thought that though he may' not live his ialma mater will take care of his. sons." (Cheers.) ; Prince Arthur of Con naught said Hint out of 5200 Etonians serving over /5U Jind been killed.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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149ETON WAR MEMORIAL Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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