ENGLAND’S HOMAGE TO VALIANT DEAD

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 6455, 12 November 1927, Page 9

ENGLAND’S HOMAGE TO VALIANT DEAD

THEY COUNT 1,069,825 IN ALL.

fßy Electric Cable -Copyrlght.l [Aust and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received Friday, 11.40 p.m.) , LONDON, Nov. 11. Homage to the Empire’s valiant dead began before dawn. Poppy sellers were astir in the markets and other centres all night and early -workers at the Cenotaph have it wreathed already. The day promises cold but line. Wintry weather and exceptionally early frosts have been experienced. The London Morning Post ascertained from the War Graves Commission the most recent estimate of the Empire’s dead from all causes—l,o69,B2s, compared with 946,023 stated in Parliament in 1921, and 938,984 stated in 1920. The growth of the df Hh roll is due to constant revision of figures in the light of discoveries and reports from the -whole Empire. The figure 1,069,825 represents men of the lighting forces and mercantile marine known dead from causes directly attributable to the war during .ic critical period of the war, namely, August 4, 1914, to August 31, 1921. Even this huge total does not include the most recent claims of relatives admitted by the Ministry of Pensions. Two hundred and fifty Old Contemptiblcs landed at Ostend, including three Victoria Crossmen. They aro going to Mons to spend Armistice Day on the battlefield, representing the little British Army which stood up to the first Cjrman onslaught in 1914. Following on a meeting in College Green, Dublin, against Imperialistic displays on Armistice Day, scuffles occurred between " demonstrators and wearers of Flanders’ poppies. The police dispersed the rioters with two baton charges.