RECEPTION TO GUARDS DIVISION.
A VICTORY MARCH. AN INSPIRING SIGHTj Received March 23, 5.5 p.m. London. March 22. A great reception was given to the Guards division of ten thousand arriving in London on Saturday, the function attracting notice owing to the labor troubles.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Received March 2.1, 11 p.m. London, March 22, The Household Cavalry headed the victory march of the Guards Division of 8500 men through London's beflagged streets from Buckingham Palace to Mansion House, thence to Hyde Park. The Prince of Wales, a3 stall captain, rode on the left of Lord Cavan, commander of the division. The King and Queen and Princess Mary watched the procession from the dais in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. Cheering spectators thronged the route, on which the Dominions and American soldiers occupied reserved enclosures. It was the first important procession of British troops in London since the outbreak of war. The Guards' war casualties were 13,6G9 killed and 23,002 wounded.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1919, Page 5
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165RECEPTION TO GUARDS DIVISION. Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1919, Page 5
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