MEN OF THE EXETER
WELCOME AT PLYMOUTH A TRIUMPHANT MARCH (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 16. (Received Feb. 18, at 8 p.m.) For the first time in living memory Drake’s drum was brought from its resting place in Buckland Abbey and taken to the Guildhall at Plymouth. Around it sat 300 officers and men from the Exeter while Plymouth honoured the conquerors of the Admiral Graf Spee. With the drum was the sword Drake carried when he was Mayor of Plymouth three and a-half centuries ago. All work in the city was suspended while members of the Exeter’s crew, with a contingent from the Ajax, marched triumphantly through the streets.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24226, 19 February 1940, Page 6
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113MEN OF THE EXETER Otago Daily Times, Issue 24226, 19 February 1940, Page 6
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