"I THOUGHT SO"
HE SAVED MY LiF!f,> EX-SERVICEMAN'S ' BRAVERY. (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 19. On the e.ve of the funeral, with military honours, of Lovell, the exserviceman who was killed in saving a thre.e-year-ol.d child from being run over, during the Armistice celebrations in Limehouse, a brother serviceman sought permission to see the body. Following a scrutiny he said: "I thought so. We. were together in France. He saved my life when T was wounded. During a gas attack Lovell took off his respirator 1 and gave it to me, saying, "You take it., mate. I can run." I had not seen him since." The Mayor of Poplar is raising a fund for Lovell's widow and seven tfiildre.n. Ten thousand followed the cortege through/ crowded streets.—Australian P.A.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 84, 20 November 1928, Page 5
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