THE CENOTAPH.
VISIT OF PILGRIMS. (BT CABLE—rKESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AM> N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, November 13. One of the most remarkable scenes ever seen in London occurred at Whitehall this afternoon, when pilgrims to the Cenotaph were so numerous that police barriers were swept away; The roadway and pavement were filled with a solid mass of humanity. There was no disorder, and an almost complete silence, but the police were powerless against the sheer weight of numbers. A queue covered the whole length of the road, and crept at a snail's pace to the Cenotaph, thousands eventually visiting the. Unknown Warrior's Tomb in Westminster Abbey. Mounted police had the utmost difficulty now and then in clearing a passage for organised processions, of which many, accompanied by bands, had come to pay combined tribute. These included costermongers, Sea Scouts, 400 British Fascists, 2000 members of the Order of Buffaloes wearing regalia, the resident French community, and a batch of the Canadian Legion of Frontiersmen.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19158, 15 November 1927, Page 9
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163THE CENOTAPH. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19158, 15 November 1927, Page 9
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