THE MILITARY FUNERAL.
LONDON, November 26. Preceded by escorts of the Household Cavalary, Foot Guards, the massed bands of the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, and Irish Guards, the bodies ot tlie murdered officers were borne on nine gun-carriages from Euston Station to Westminister through the streets thronged with silent, reverentcrowds, all the men raising their hats as each coffin passed. Sir H. Greenwood Avas the chief mourner. Mr Lloyd George met the procession at the Abbey, where the Dean of Westminister read tjie first portion of the burial service. About a hundred Peers a-nd a hundred Commoners were present with Coldstream Bugiei's sounding the "Last Post/ * Archibishop Bourne and Bishop Keating officiated at. the Cathedral, where Messrs Bonar Law and Chamberlain represented the Government, tho Irish Guards' bugles sounding the "Last Post." The coffins were afterwards taken to the various cemeteries for burial.
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Grey River Argus, 29 November 1920, Page 3
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142THE MILITARY FUNERAL. Grey River Argus, 29 November 1920, Page 3
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