VIMY MEMORIAL.
CANADIAN PILGRIMAGE. (British Official Wireless;) RUGBY, June 25. Five ships will sail from Montreal to Le Havre and Antwerp on July 16 carrying more than 6000 Canadian men who served in the war and their relatives, who will be present at the unveiling by the King on July 26 of the Canadian War Memorial on Vimy Ridge. The pilgrims will also visit other parts of the Western Front, including cemeteries, wftcre Canadians are buried.
Afterward they will come to England, where there will be a ceremonial at the Cenotaph and at the grave of the Unknown AA r arrior in AVestminster Abbey, and wreaths will be laid on the graves of Lord Jellicce in St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Earl Haig in Dryburgh Abbey. Over 4000 of the pilgrims will later he the guests for a s week of the French Government.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 177, 27 June 1936, Page 7
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