ADMIRAL DE ROBECK
IMPRESSIVE BURIAL Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 24. (Received January 25 at 11.40 a.m.) To a salute of nineteen minute guns, with every' flag half-masted, Admiral Sir John Do Robeck was impressively buried at Bembridge, Isle of Wight. The pallbearers were Admirals Jellicoe, Madden, Gough-Calthorpe, Browning and Brock, and Generals Braithwaitej Milne, and Halliday. The minesweeper Caterham, escorted by destroyers, conveyed the Union Jack-covered coffin, on which rested the Admiral’s cocked hat and sword, from Portsmouth, where the streets wore lined with mourners, including Sir Inn Hamilton and Admiral De Rebeck’s veterans. Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson represented the King. All branches of the service were present.
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Evening Star, Issue 19773, 25 January 1928, Page 6
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109ADMIRAL DE ROBECK Evening Star, Issue 19773, 25 January 1928, Page 6
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