Volunteer Funeral.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5649, 19 June 1886, Page 3

Volunteer Funeral.

« THE LATE SERGEANT M'DEVITT. This afternoon the body of the late Mr P. M'Devitt was interred with military honours in the Christchurch Public Cemetery. x The respect in which he was held was shown by the large number of mourners, both volunteers and others, who followed his remains to the grave. The funeral cortege, which left the Gladstone Hotel shortly after 2 p.m., was headed by a firing party of the deceased's Company, the Irish Rifles, under ColourSergeant Morton. The Garrison Band, under Bandmaster Dora, followed, ploying the " Dead March in Saul," and then came the coffin, borne on a gun carriage, and covered with the Union Jack, the deceased's helmet and belt being placed on the lid. The pall was borne by members of the Irish Rides. A touple of mourning coaches, conveying his I relatives and immediate friends, came next, and were followed by a number of Volunteers, representing the E. Battery of Artillery, Engineers, City Guards, Christchurch Rifles, Sydenham Rifles, Scottish Rifle3 and Irish Rifles. The officers present were — Major Wolfe, Captains Richards, Loughrey, Francis, Buhop, Lieutenants Garnett, Ward, Farrell, M'Whannell, Massey, Partridge and Hawley. Staff-Sergeant-Major Finn and Staff - Bugler Ashton were also present. The Volunteers were followed by a train of about forty vehicles bearing friends of the deceased. The $ortege proceeded by way of Victoria Armagh and Barbadoes streets to the Roman Catholic Church, where that portion of the Burial Service appointed to be performed in the church was conducted by the Rev Father Ginaty. The funeral then proceeded to the Cemetery, where the body was interred, and the customary three volleys fired over the grave by the escort.