MEMORIAL TO DEAD.
CEREMONY AT NORWICH. HONOUR FOR DISABLED MAN. ' (British Official Wireless.) A. and N.Z. RUGBY, Oct. 10. A disabled former private soldier yestexday unveiled the Norwich War Memorial in the presence of 40,000 people. He was helped arm-in-arm to the steps of the Memorial by General Sir lan Hamilton, under whom he served at Gallipoli. Sir lan said that by choosing a disabled soldier to unveil the Memorial Norwich had assured closer relations between the armies of the dead and of the living than if they had appointed to that duty any statesman or general, however famous.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19271012.2.76
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19765, 12 October 1927, Page 13
Word Count
99MEMORIAL TO DEAD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19765, 12 October 1927, Page 13
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in