OLD CONTEMPTIBLES
Church Parade at St. Paul’s (Received 16, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 15. Played to St. Paul’s by the Welsh Guards and Royal Artillery Bands, 1400 Old Contemptibles in mufti, with war medals, held a church parade under the eyes of field marshals, admirals, civic dignitaries and the French and Belgian Ambassadors, after which the Lord Mayor took the salute in a march-past at the Mansion House Wounded ex-servicemen in bath chairs led the procession, the divisions of which were marked by massed colours draped in token of the Royal mourning.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 80, 16 March 1936, Page 7
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92OLD CONTEMPTIBLES Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 80, 16 March 1936, Page 7
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