DUKE’S COFFIN
DUCHESS GOES TO MEMORIAL CHAPEL (Rec. 2 p.m.) Rugby, Aug. 28. The Duchess of Kent drove from her Buckinghamshire home to Windsor this morning and went to the Memorial Chapel at Frogmore where the coffin containing the body of the Duke is lying, having been taken from Euston to the chapel by an R.A.F. ambulance tender. The Duke’s personal standard covered the coffin and there was a wreath from the Duchess and another from the King and Queen. The bodies of the Duke’s secretary, Lieut. John Lowether, his equerry, Pilot Officer Michael Strutt, and his valet. Leading Aircraftman Hales, were also brought to London.—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 August 1942, Page 2
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106DUKE’S COFFIN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 August 1942, Page 2
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