LAST SAD RITES.
BURIAL OF VICTOR OF FALKLANDS ISLANDS.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT TRIMLEY.
By Cable —-Press Association— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, May 12.
The funeral of Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee at Trimley, was most impressive.
The coffin was covered by the flag flown in the Falkland Islands battle.
Earls Jellicoe and Beatty, and all the leading Admirals were present.
BURIAL OF LORD LEVERHULME.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, May 12.
Lord Leverhume was buried beside his wife in the Port Sunlight Churchyard.
The funeral was a remarkable tribute to his personality. Vast crowds lined the roads.
Guards of honour were formed by Messrs Lever Brothers’ boatsmen, exService men, Birkenhead Sea Scouts, and Boy Scouts, while the whole grass space in the churchyard was reserved for thousands of Sunday school children. .
The mourners included representatives of politics, art, commerce and philanthrophy.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 14 May 1925, Page 7
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147LAST SAD RITES. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 14 May 1925, Page 7
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