SAVED THE GUNS.
SON FLIES TO VISIT DYING FATHER, j . LONDON, February 25. Among the passengers by the fourth air liner for the Cairo-Karaclii service, which left the Croydon aerodrome t - day with eight passengers, including five woman, was Lieutenant-Command-er Congreve, whose fatheir —the central figure in. ...the saving of the guns at Colenso during the Boer /War —is now Cover nor f.qf Malta and is< lying dangerously ill in the military hospital there. . ,!Lieut.-OQnuhander Congreve receive ! news of his father’s illness during tli : previous, night and immediately booked .by the air liner, hoping to see his fath-er-alive. • S MALTA, March 4th. " ..The illness of the Governor, LieutGen. Sir Walter Congreve,: ended.fatally. In..accordance With his wish his ashes were buried at sea.
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Shannon News, 18 March 1927, Page 2
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