SOVIET CEREMONY TO BRITISH DEAD
EB3PEOT TO L 55 VICTIMS ‘ REMOVAL PROM RUSSIA Allowed 1 " Times Cables.' .( . . LONDON, August 2d. The Times correspondent, at Riga state that Moscow has instructed the naval authorities to make the’ transfer of the bodies of tho L 55 victims a solemn ceremony. ' ?■ A British merchantman will be admitted to Kronstadt roadstead, where the transfer of coffins will take place In tho presence of the Baltic Bed Fleet. A guard of honor of Red sailors will attend. Tho Soviet flags will bo lowered during tho transfer. i MAKING TRANSFER AT SEA. British Official Wireless.’ V; RUGBY, August 26. The Admiralty has arranged fo? the bodies of the victims of the submarine L 55 to be transferred in the Baltic Sea to the cruiser Champion; which will convey them to England. ’■ The remains of the crew will be handed over by the Soviet authorities to „ the English steamer Truro on it's arrival at Kronstadt, to which the L 55 was towed after it had been salvaged. The Truro will poin the Champion at a Baltic rendezvous. '
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6699, 28 August 1928, Page 7
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180SOVIET CEREMONY TO BRITISH DEAD Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6699, 28 August 1928, Page 7
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