“OLD BILL”
AN HISTORIC OMNIBUS BURIAL OF DRIVER (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association./ -LONDON. 13th Oei. “Old Bill," the . .’general omnibus which serve.cl with the “Old Contemptible.-;," was a mourner at Forest Hill Cemetery when Samuel Downing, who drove the bus at Amiens, was buried. Nine coffin hearers drove in “Old Bill which was loaded with wreaths and accompanied the coffin to the graveside.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 October 1926, Page 5
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66“OLD BILL” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 October 1926, Page 5
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