WISH NOT FULFILLED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 173, 2 July 1931, Page 5

WISH NOT FULFILLED

FUNERAL SERVICE INCIDENT The written request of LieutenantCommander Glen Kidston, who was killed while flying in Africa, that if anything should happen to him he Would like “Rule Britannia” played at his funeral service, was not fulfilled. Permission to sing it at the memorial service held at St. Mark’s Church, North Audley Street, London, was refused. The vicar, the Rev. W, J. Perryman, stated: “I could not permit any variation of the service, which had been arranged, printed and passed by the closest relatives of Mr. Kidston, and did not include ‘Rule Britannia.’ The request was made by some unofficial person just as the choir was about to enter the church, and I wasobliged to refuse.” Mrs. Glen Kidston said: “It is quite true that my husband did leave the written request. But we were advised that ‘Rule Britannia’ cannot be played in a church.” The National Anthem and “Fight the Good Fight,” Lieutenant-Com-mander Kidston’s favourite hymn, were sung. *