BRITAIN'S NAVAL DEAD
CONVBYANOE FROM RUSSIA Brltlsii Officla! Wireless, (Received 31st August, X 0.30 a.m.) BUGBY, 30th August, Torty bodies of the crew of tho submarine L 55, sunk in the, Baltic nine years ago, brought from Kionstadt on board the British merchant ship Truro, will be transferred on Friday monjjng to the British cruiser Champion, which arrived at Beval' to-day to recoiyo themThe Soviet.' authorities are' placing wreaths on tho coffins, and are providing a military guard of honour "at the port. Tho Champion is expected to j arrive at Portsmouth next Wednesday, when the bodies will lie in state at the Port blockhouse headquarters of the submarine flotilla. Full naval honours will be accorded.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 31 August 1928, Page 9
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