KING EDWARD
CHAPLAIN’S REMINISCENCES MELBOURNE. May 25. Some reminiscences of King Edward VIII. when Prince of Wales, were told bv the Ilcv. J. Colder Burns at °n Empire’Day luncheon of the Royal Society of St. George. Mr Blrns said that as an army Chaplain he spent three months in the company of the Prince during the assault on Passchendaele in 1917. and hr. had a standing engagement to play badminton with him behind his hut. On one occasion Mr Burns was walking to head-quarters with the chemical officer, who was taking a new type ot German shell to be analysed. Mr Burns asked the chemical oliiccr where he got the specimen. The reply was that the Prince had been taking a walk in the morning, and had noticed it on the ground. Realising the importance of the discovery, he picked it up and carried it back in his hands for three miles under the’ German guns. His only request was that he might be given the ease as a souvenir.
JJr Burns also recalled an occasion on which tho Princo was “stony broke,” and was forced to plead with tho field cashier to accept his cheque for £lO to save him from being thrown out of tho officers’ mess, (Laughter!.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 157, 6 July 1936, Page 10
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210KING EDWARD Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 157, 6 July 1936, Page 10
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