EARL BEATTY'S FUNERAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22833, 18 March 1936, Page 9

EARL BEATTY'S FUNERAL

ROYALTY AMONG MOURNERS GREAT CROWDS LINE STREETS LONDON. March 16. Spring sunshine marked Earl Beatty's funeral at St. Paul’s, on exactly the same lines ns Earl Jcllieoe'ij The streets were lined with crowds six deep. The Union Jack, flown from H.M.S. Lion at Jutland, covered Earl Beatty’s coffin, which was followed by three officers carrying cushions bearing Earl Beatty’s great array df decorations. Then came the chief mourners, behind whom were the Duke of York and the Duke of Kent, marching together, and followed by representatives of the foreign Governments and the services. There were large contingents of the three British services.

Mr Bruce and Sir James Parr represented the Governments of Australia and New Zealand respectively, and Commander Leitch and Rear-admiral Wells the Australian and New Zealand Navies. The pall-bearers were Lord Trenchard, Admirals Sir Oliver do Beauvoir Brock, Sir Roger Keyes, Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Sir Alfred Chatfield, Sir William Goodenongh, Sir Walter Cowan, and Field-marshal Cavan.