ADMIRAL DE ROBECK
BURIAL AT BEMBRIDGE. STREETS LINED WITH MOURNERS. (Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ) LONDON, January 24. To a salute of 19 minute guns, with every flag half-masted, Admiral Sir John De Robeck was impressively buried at Bembridge, Isle of Wight. The pallbearers were Admirals Jellicoe, Madden, Gough-Colthorpe, Browning, and Brock, and Generals Braithwaite, Milne, and Halliday. The minesweeper Caterham, escorted by destroyers, conveyed the Union Jackcovered coffin on which rested the ad miral’s cocked hat and sword, from Ports mouth, where the streets were lined with mourners, including Sir lan Hamilton and Admiral Robeck’s veterans. Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson represented the King. All branches of the service were present. - A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20316, 26 January 1928, Page 9
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