’BUS WITH WAR SERVICE.
“OLD BILL” AT FUNERAL. By Cubic—Press Association —Copyright. (Received October 13, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 12. “Old Bill,” the general omnibus which served with the Old Contemptibles, was a mourner at Forest Hill Cemetery, when Samuel Downing, who drove the ’bus at Amiens, was buried. ' Nino coffin bearers drove in “Old Bill,” which was loaded with wreathe, and accompanied the coffin to the graveside.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 October 1926, Page 7
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68’BUS WITH WAR SERVICE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 October 1926, Page 7
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