OFFICIAL WIRELESS
SCOTS GUARDS REVIEWED
LORD METHUEN'S JUBILEE
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, May 28
Eiold-Marslial Lord Methuen, who is colonel of the Scots ‘Guards, to-day inspected 1200 men of the I' irst- and Second Battalions of the -Regiment, afterwards presenting a number ol them with long service medals. In a short speech he re I erred to the hoc work of the two battalions in China and at Aldershot.
. Lord Methuen expressed his delight at the presence of the [)ulje ol Connaught, adding: “This year the Duke and I have arrived at our silver jubilees, twenty-five years as colonels of the Grenadier Guards and Scots Guards." He called for three cheers for the Duke. The troops marched P nsfc * ,in,r colonel first in slow step and then in quick march. , Among the invited spectators were ex-officers and men who had served with the regiment in the war at Ypros, on the Somme, ami ip the.attack on the .Hindoo burg Line. •Mini t\ r ■ U ■nmimwim'l'mmm
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1929, Page 6
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165OFFICIAL WIRELESS Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1929, Page 6
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