LATE LORD ALLENBY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 197, 18 May 1936, Page 9

LATE LORD ALLENBY

Burial in Westminster Abbey To-morrow (British Official Wireless.) (Received May 17, 6.30 p.m.) Rugby, May 16. Field-Marshal Lord Allenby will be buried in the Warriors’ Chapel at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday. The King will be represented by Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode and Field-Marshal Sir Claud Jacob will represent the Duke of Connaught. LORD GALWAY’S MESSAGE The following message has been dispatched by his Excellency the Gover-nor-General, Lord Galway, to Lady Allenby in connection with the death of Viscount Allenby:— “The Government and people of New Zealand, with whom Lady Galway and I associate ourselves, wish to express profound sorrow at the passing of your busband, and to convey to you deepest sympathy in the great loss yon have sustained. “Viscount Allenby's high personal qualities and splendid achievements in the service of the Empire will live long in the memory of New Zealanders, and especially of those who still remember him as the inspired commander who led the way to victory in Palestine.”