MOURNERS RISE AT DAYBREAK

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 38, 24 January 1936, Page 5

MOURNERS RISE AT DAYBREAK

UmKING'o REMAINS REMOVED FROM CASTLE. -1, ) SAD PROCESSION FROM SANDRINGHAM. "Ail. , ; CONVEYED BY TRAIN TO LONDON. ■ / rp ress Association—Copyright.) Received 11.50 a.in. To-day. LONDON, Jan. 25. Despite a bitter north-east wind, mourners began to line the road from Sandringham to Wolferlon station shortly after daybreak. After a short service at Sandringham Church eight stalwart Guardsmen kenily lifted the coffin on their shoulders and bore it to the west door. Immediately behind walked the King. The coffin was placed on a gun-carriage, and as the sad procession moved to the station a lament played by PipeMajor Forsyth floated across the countrywide. The cortege was headed by the chief constable of Norfolk, followed by 12 tall Guardsmen. Captain Paisley, of the Royal Horse Artillery, with drawn sword gleaming, preceded the gun-carriage, which was drawn by seven bay horses and draped with the Royal standard. A few yards behind walked the King, whose face was wrought with grief. Then followed the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Kent, and the Earl of Harewood. After them came a dark g ey coach drawn by two grey horses, and in which was seated the Queen, the Princess Royal,'and the Duchess of York, in deep black and heavily veiled. A second coach contained the Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent and the Queen’s ladies-in-waiting. behind this caniage walked the tall, greyhaired Richard Hewlett, the Lte King’s valet and friend, and then came King George’s white pony, Jock, and two nurses who attended His Map sty during the fatal illness; then officers of the Royal household. At the station the Guardsmen carried the coffin across to the train, which proceeded slowly for half a mile and did not gather speed until it passed the last of the mourners. ||| A ■ ’ Thousands await arrival of coffin. v: ; 1 ■ :. A „ ']/•' ■ BROADCASTING CORPORATION GOES OFF THE AIR. {'Press Association—Copyright.) Received 11.30 a.m. To-day. LONDON, Jan. 23. While the late King’s coffin was proceeding to Wolferton station, thousands of Londoners were already gathering outside the Houses of Parliament and at King’s Cross, and stood four and five deep on the pavements. Most business premises in the neighbourhood were draped with purple and black. Many who were assembled outside the Abbey for the late Mr. Rudyard Kipling’s service hurried to take up positions, Parliament Square, Aldwych, Trafalgar Square, and other vantage-points attracting early arrivals. The Broadcasting Corporation is closing down from the time King George’s remains arrive in London until 4 p.m., except to broadcast the solemn strokes of Big Ben every fifteen minutes.