Evening star., 1921-11-11

, jutant general. Lieut.. Gen. Sir George
| MacdOnogh, who had accompanied the
| coffin from France. The coffin was
placed in a travelling chapel, car
in which the bodies Of Edith Cavell
| and Capt. Fryatt had been brought to
London.
The funeral procession from VIC
| toria station to Westminster Abbey
| WAS headed by the bands of the four
regiments of foot guards. after which
came pipers of the Scots guards, and
then drummerS with their drums
coffin draped IN a Union. Jack, on 1;
| gun carriage of the royal horse ar
! liliery drawn by six horses. stee-
| helmet and a soldiers s,dearms wer'
| placed on top of the CONN. Pail
| bearers walked on either side, twelve
marines and the air force to the
| right, and the army on the left.
Two Minutes of Silence.
| While the coffin of the unknown
warrior was waiting beside the
! cenotaph in Trafalgar Square. the
king prepared to place the wreath on
the cenotaph. a hymn had been sung.
and the Archbishop of Canterbury re-
cited the Lords prayer. When the
first stroke of IL o'clock was struck
| by Big Ben, the great clock, the
King pressed button. settins meeh.
! anism in motion which allowed the
Two great union jacks draped over
| the monument to IAN to the ground.
| Following the last stroke OF the
clock a two minutes Silence prevailed
throughout the CITY, persons slanuins
| at attention. .At the end of the pause
! bugiers sounded The Last Pos. The
| king then placed a wreath at the
northern end of the cenotaph.
! Attached to wreath was card
| werds; I'm proud memory of those
who died unknown in the great war.
| Unknown. and yet we'll known; as
dying and behold they live. George
| II. r.. November II. 1920" This
| wreath had been placed upon arrival
the two-m.nute silence bore the fol
| lowing inscr .ption: "In memory OF
the glorious dead. From George K.
L and Mary R.-Novemper IL, l920.'
The Prince of Wales then placed a
| wreath.
! Great Generals March.
| After the ceremony at the cenotaph
I the funeral procession moved for
ward on it's way to Westminster ABB
! bey for the final rite. The coffin
| uTdpcC III llle union JdCh, IO" uoIt
the kings wreath. besides the helmit
and side arms. Beside the gun car
riage walked twelve pallbearers. men
of the highest rank in the four serv-
| ices. navy. army. royal marines and
/ the air force: Air Marshal Sir Hugh
| T.enchard, Admiral Sir Charles Mad
| den, Gen. Gatliff of the royal marines
and Admirals of the Fleet Sir Henry
Jackson, Earl Beatty and Sir He'd
wIrth Meux. The army leaders we're
Gems Lord Byng and Lord Horne, and
Field Marshals Sir Henry Wilson,
Earl Haig, Lord French and Lord
| Methuen. Behind the gun carriage
walked the king as chief mourner.
Behind the king came the Prince OF
| Wales, Duke of York, Prince Henry
and the Duke of Connaught. After
| the royal party came the premier and
ex-premier (Mr. Asquith) and a group
| OF other leading statesmen, cabinet
! ministers, dominion representatives
| and Indian princes. Behind these
| were mourners from the fighting
services, marching six abreast. and
| after them a body of ex-service men.
People Pass With Tributes.
| While this procession was vending
it's way to Westminster an inclosure
was erected around the cenotaph-