1936-01-29 — Page 19

ROYAL FUNERAL

PROCESSION OF KINGS AND FAMOUS MEN

TWO MILLION PEOPLE LINE

FUNERAL ROUTE

Over 800,000 persons passed through Westminster Hall while the body of King Georgo lay there in state. Over two million persons witnessed the funeral procession from West- minster Hall to Paddington, where the coricge entrained for the interment In St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

At Windsor the burial service was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Winchester, prelate of the order of the Garter.

The most solemn and Impressive moment was when King Edward sprinkled earth from a silver bowl over the coffin as it was lowered to the Royal vault, the Archbishop at the same moment reciting the committal prayer,

London, Jan. 28.

Drab, menacing skies brooded over the long rain washed ribboned route from Westminster to Paddington this morning.

Every square inch of space on the pavements has been crammed since the early hours. Many early arrivals had brought planks and newspapers with them on which to snatch a few hours aloep but as the crowds became more dense they were compelled to rise from "beds" wot

wat and bedraggled.

were

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Camp was on foot behind the carriage, followed by the dead monarch's favourite charger "Anzac," led by groom.

The Royal Standard was borno by a non-commissioned officer of the Household Cavalry.

Next in the procession was the of the Officer second-in-command Royal Escort, followed by the Officer Commanding the Escort.

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was Mr. Stanley Baldwin, who, with several other ministers, and some of the Foreign representatives wont direct to Windsor.

A surprise for the huge crowd at Paddington Was when Princesa Elizabeth walked to the end of the platform to take a peep at the Royal funeral train, and then walked to her proper platform from which another special

train departed for Windsor- Router's Special Service.

AT WINDSOR

Funeral Service in St. George's Chapel

Windsor, Jan. 28.

At the moment when the train crossed the bridge, entering the Borough, the Sobastopol Bell in the Round Tower, which is only tolled at the death and funeral of the Monarch, began tolling the hundred minute strokes.

The frowning walls of Windsor Castle afforded an awe-inspiring setting to the Sovereign's last home coming. Yot a more intimate touch was given by the narrow streets and the ancient houses packed with local people, to whom the Royal Family is part of their daily lives.

the

During the night the aspect of the afhistorie, borough was transformed by enormous purple drapings on the front of all buildings, while streets were lined with purple and black poles.

Local

branches of the British Legion stood on either side of the station. The approach to the route was guarded by a military force consisting of Territorials and Officerk Training Corps. Behind stood dense crowds for hours before the proces

and aton was due, waiting allently patiently. At an early hour politi clans wearing court drean, fashionable people and distinguished persons H.M.S. TIDDLEY TITES streamed out of the station and walked to St. George's Chapel. Meanwhile the procession formed up

Including Cabinet Ministers

near the station.

Then came the Duke of Gloucester, The occasional brief appearance of the sun raised false hopes and His Majesty King Edward VIII, the brightened up the faces, which wore Duke of York, the Duke of Kent, like a sea in the open spaces of Hyde Prince Arthur of Connaught, Captain Park. Several hours before the start Henry Abel-Smith. Lord Carnegie, the the first detachments of troops and Earl of Harewood, Lord Mountbatten, bands took up their positions, awalt Admiral Sir Alexander Kamsay, the bag the wireless signal to march off. Duke of Beaufort (who is the King's They added f

farther colour to the Equerry), Earl Granord (who

and purple- Mastor of black-dressed crowds

the Horse), Their Majesties

Scarlet clad heralds with trumpets police draped

olice the King of Denmark, the King of streets. Sympathetic

came first with the escerting guarda- piloted mothers carrying babies to the the Belgians, the King of Norway, men, and then the gun carriage with of the pavements. The crowds the Crown Prince of Italy, the King one hundred bluejackets, in front and front more most orderly, but pressure was of Bulgaria, the King of Roumanta, rty in the rapt. responsible for fainting persons as Prince Regent Paul of Jugo-Blavia,

The funeral train arrived at 1.38 Queen of carly as 8 a.m,

the representative of the As a painful prelude, at Marble Holland, the Crown Prince of Greece, thirty-three minutes late, it is Arch the pressure broke the police the representatives of the United understood, owing to delays to the procession caused by the enormous cordon, and there ensued a struggle States, France, Germany and other crowds. The arrival of the train for 45 minutes, in which at least non-monarchial countries, Mohamed was announced by the tolling of the

by

the Crown Prince of great Sebastopol Bell in the Round Aly of ing score of women were carried off

Alfonso of Exynt,

Spain, ambulance. Those who fainted were

Tower. The procession quickly form- passed over the heads of the crowds Prince Henri of France, the Duke ofed up and started off at 1.16 p.m.

the Infant of Orleans, the Hesno,

The King

ing looked haggard as he to ambulance men behind. At this spot the Royal Tank Corps bore the Grand Duko Cyril, the Duke of walked with hands clasped and head

Archdukes Braganza. the Austrian burden of holding the route.

hehind bowed

gun-carriage. His Anton and Otto, Prince boots were stained with mud and his

and representatives of

appearance struck a noto of pathos to the vast crowd.

Proccasion Starts

crew made a short rehearsal.

arrived at 9.29 a.m.

1

Albrech

dressed in

Sombre Decorations

By 0.16 am. the bulk of the pro- other German Royal Houses,

For two hours the procession,

Princess Elizabeth who joined the ccasion had lined up. The Guard of! Honour was marshalled in West-marching at slow time, the Services train at Paddington Station drove in with arnis reversed, progressed the carriage with the Queen and the minster Hall and the gun carring through the troop-lined streets with Duchess of York from the station.

Through the miracle of radio the The King, wearing the ualform of busilage drapet in black and purple.

vaat crowds of completely silent whole world was able to follow word an, Admiral of the Fleet, the Duke of York in Air Force uniform, the Duko hintless men and women of Gloucester in Ilussara uniform and mourning, with bowing heads, formed by ward the last rites as King Georgo uniform, a striking contrast to the cheering was laid to rest. Contrasted with the Rolcmn splendour of London the the Duke of Kent in naval entered thousands and the belagged buildings ceremonics at Windsor were marked

They the Hall, which was bare except for of the same route last year, on the by siriplicity. the coffin and the other Royal persons. joccasion of Their Majesties' Jubilea

At 930 m. Big Ben oponed a drives, minute tolling, which mingled witli the peal trem Westminster Abbey.

The tall Venetian poles, which at There was deep hush as the Queen, with head bowed and dressed in the Jubileo supported gay bunting, carriage, which was the first of eight whole length of the funeral route, but deepest mourning, stepped into a whole that the fur throughout the this time heavy crepe was draped landaus accommodating the ladies.

from pole to pale, secured by black The procession began with perfect cords.

Every window and balcony and the precision. The gun-carriage moved alf at 8.40-a.m.ns the sun broke many special stands were packed with through the clouds. The coffin was covered with the Royal Standard, Parkcased in black. In Hyde Queen Mary's wreath of a cross of Park 000 men of the British Legion, red and white flowers at the head, the bearing standards, Including many Crown on purple cushion In the forolgh representatives, one of whom centro and the orb and aceptre at the was from Germany, paid a last anlute foot. The procession started to dis-an the gun carriage went past, tant strains of the Dead March from Saul.

restore the line at Marble

There wax

a

Little Jane Withers, as she appears in This Is the Life," now abowing at the Alhambra Theatre,

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Ile grinned. "Men, an Tule. Some Indies are all right, but on the whole they're much tighter on tipa than gentlemen. I remember fow months ago I pleked up a lady at King's Cross The fare was eighteen pence. She handed me a shilling and three threepenny bits and asked for a penny-halfpenny changel nearly said I hadn't got a stampi

But it's no good getting sore— much better laugh.

"There's always threepenny bits round King's Cross and St. Pancras," he added philosophically.

"Oh, yes, it's a good life-for a bachelor. It's not so good for a mar- ried man. You never know when you're going to get in, and wives like to have meals at regular hours,

"Well, air, good night, and good luck. Glad I'm not at sea to-night nnyway.”

A squall brought sheets of rain hurtling down the street.

"So am I, good night."

Archbishop of Canterbury pronounc ed the Blessing; the Service conclud ing with the Dead March in Saul At St. George's Chapel

played on the organ.

After this the *National From the station the procession proceeded by the Sovereign's Gateway Anthem was sung and the Benediction through the town, skirting the Royal said, and King Edward and Queen regular troops, Oxford and Cambridge into waiting motor cars. News. The route was lined with Mary slowly moved out of the Chapel Universities, Eton and other school In consequence of the delayed pro- O.T.C.'s st

Every fifteen

yards, ceedings the procession did not reach beside standards draped with crepe the Chapel until 1.30 p.m., the time and linked with violet and black. for the two-minute allence, which was At St. George's Chapel, the dead scheduled to coincide with the lower. King was "pipe alongside," and as a ing of the coffin into the vault. The bearer, company of Grenadier Guards procession continued but the crowds, carried the collin into the Chapel, he bowling their heads with reverence, observed the silence. The coffin was was "piped aboard."

actually lowered into the vault at Mary's fortitude aroused admiration and she rentalsed calm to the end.

The Interior of the Chapel was a wondrous Fight. Mountains of London, Jan. 28. wreaths were stacked along the steps Twice the procession had to halt hesides covering the lawns outside,

The funeral was simultaneously' The weather was brightest as the near Hyde Park Corner. Bad-faced, The fresh colours, contrasted with

Princess Margaret Rose gazed upon the solemn attire of the mourners, broadcast to 20 countries, and com- procession passed the Cenotaph, which the scene from the mauve-draped The men were cloaks which con- mentaries were made in five Inngunges- the King saluted. Menawile addi- balcony of her father's home in cealed the full dress uniformis and for the benefit of listeners. tional mounted troops were called to Piccadilly. She curtsted on the gun court dress, and the women were In addition to the Kings of Norway,

Arch.

heavily velled. On both sides of the Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria and It was a funeral befitting the last carriage passed.

wonderful trans-altar there were candlesticks given by Roumania, the foreign Royalties In- journey of the Sailor King, who was formation at Marble Arch as the King George and Queen Mary included the Queen and the Crown accorded full honours of an Admiral of the Fleet The gun

Procession approaching, where memory of their respective parents. Prince of Norwayth Count of carriage the

fitted with a

were married in the Chapel and Flanders, Prince Axel, the the *** sneak in

begged the crowds in the rear are now bearing the coffin was drawn by naval

Queen vaults Princesa of Denmark Interred in the

Mother of Roumania, the Prince ratings from the Royal Naval Gunnery

The effect preesure.

below. School at Whale Island and was in to release the

was instantaneous and the troops

soon able to stand at case. burial service in St. George's Chapeli Princess of Sweden, Prince George of Two striking incidents marked the Regent of Yugo-Slavia, the Prince of Piedmont, the Crown Prince and ling near the end of the procession were which was more than R mile in length. All the troops taking part. About 800 cases, mostly of persons first, the sprinkling of earth from a

Prince Consort of fainting, were treated by ambulance silver

on his Greece, the vessel by the King and marched at slow time with their stations in the immediate vicinity of father's coffin during the committal Luxemburg, the Crown Prince Farouk some 11,000 in all, were dismounted

Marble Arch.

nervice; second, the proclamation by of Egypt Prince Salih of Albania, The procession included the bandssion was passing Marble Arch, but of the deceased Monarch.

A rainstorm broke as the proces- the Garter King-at-Arms of the titles Prince Chulachakraborgse of Slam, Prince Frederich of Prussia, Prince of the Household Cavalry, detach soon cleared up. The cortege reach- As the funeral procession entered Ernest Augustus of Brushwick, the ments of the Air Force, the Colonial ed Paddington Station without fur-the west door the chair Bang the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Prineo

Alvaro of the Bourbon Orleans. Corps, detachments of the Dominion ther events and the Royal train de opening sentences. forces, the Royal Navy, the Terri ported at 12.28 p.m.

The coffin was placed on a special The leading Foreign representatives (United torial Army (which are participating

The bearer party of Grenadier bier in the choir, with the King and were Mr. Norman Davies for the first time in a State Cere-Guards at Paddington Station slowly the Queen Mother standing at the States), President Lebrun (France), mony),

the Indian Services, the carried the coffin to a special black head, and the Earl Marshal, the Lord Signor Grandi (Italy), Baron von Royal Tank Corps, the Infantry of and purple saloon, while the Royaltica Steward and the Garter King-at- Neurath (Germany), and M. Litvinoff

Republics)-Reuter the Line, the Foot Guards and the haluted. The members of the Royal Arms at the feat. Artillery and Cavalry of the Line,

The principal mourners were United Press.. Royal Marines, representatives of the Family then entered the train, drawn

by the locomotive "Windsor Castle" grouped behind the Kind and Queen armies allied to Britain in the Great which the King drove with the Queen Mary, while the whole of the choir War, representatives of the neutral armies, military attaches of the on the foot-plate when they visited | stalls were occupied by Knights of the

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powers, followed by high officers of all Services, the mansed bands of the Brigade of Guards, and the combined pipe band of the Irish Fusillors and the Highlanders.

Army and Navy

Then came Field Marshals Viscount Allanby, Sir William Birdwood, Sir

Garter and foreign Royalties,

All foreign Kings lined up over the tombs of Henry VIII and Jane, Sey- The navo accommodated 1,000 leaving the town a dead city, with erected on each side of the main aisle. empty houses and shops and offices The Bishop of Winchester, who is Prolato of the Order of the Garter, closed.

Except for a slight hitch at the read the lesson which was taken from Claud Jacob, Bir Phillip Chetwode, Marble Arch the arrangements pro- the twenty-first chapter of the Book Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingceeded according to the programme. of Revelations.

In unexpectedly bright sunshine the The King's favourite hymn, "Abide burg, Lord Milne and the Earl of Cavan, Headquarter Staff of the mile-long procession was a kaleidos with Me," was then sung.

spectacio of multi-coloured Army Council; representatives of the copic Navy, including the Admiral of the uniforms, broken by the sombre attire Flost Sir Frederick Field. Admiral of the

Eye Witness's Impression.

London, Jan. 28. mour. The whole of London surged along

the route of the funeral procession specially invited guests on Dere

Royal party following the

The Committal ·

at the head of the

Sir coffin, which was aurmounted by The culminating point of the Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Admiral Sir Queen Mary's wreath, the Royal coremony was when, King Edward

Admiral Str Frederic John Kelly,

coffin. Drøyer, Admiral Sir Roger Back Crown, orb and septre.

Queen Mary, heavily vellod, follow with Queen Mary on his right, house, Admiral Sir Herbert Meade

the Royal Family grouped Forthorntonebaugh, the Royal Marine ed in the State gines and gold coach. and Bands, Brigade of Guards, Brigade of In the very rear of the procession the behind, the choir sang Psalm 23 Then followed the orthodox burial ser- the Royal Engineers, the Controller, pine band played laments,

The procession took 88 minutes to vico... As the Archbishop of Cantor- Tico-Chamberlain and Treasurer, and

bury Intoned "Ashes to ashes," King the members of the Royal Houschold. pass a given point.

Notwithstanding the prodigious Edward stopped forward and sprinkled Next in the procession was the gan carriage bearing the late King's efforts of the mounted, troops at the earth from the Royal burial ground at coffin with a detachment of the Royal Marble Arch the pressure of the Frogmore. Artillery, with their Commanding crowd broke the cardon and it was Oflcers, on either side,

Favourite Charger -The late King's porzozal Aldo-do-j

heard a Voice from Heaven"

After the ́an-

to was thon · sung and tho impossible to restore the route

Prayer, intoned. caremonial correctness.

Lori'r

A notable absentee in the procession them, "God Be in my Heart," the

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