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CAPTAINS
MOURN
“THE CHIEF”

CLERKS AT GRAVE
OF SIR JOHN
ELLERMAN

"Daily Express" Special
Representative.

SIR JOHN ELLERMAN,
who died one of Eng-
land's richest men, was
buried yesterday at Putney.

There was a lavish display of wreaths and flowers, and in striking contrast was the sombre gloom of hundreds of Sir John's employees who had come to mourn "the chief," the man they helped to amass a fortune.

Six commodore captains, men who have carried the Ellerman flag to every charted port on the globe, escorted Sir John to his grave.

At the graveside the captains stood silently at the salute.

THE MAN FROM EGYPT

Scores of clerks lined the avenue lead-
ing to the grave and grouped them-
selves in silent rows at the graveside.

Alongside the City workers were men
who have sailed Ellerman ships all over
the world. One man had come from
Egypt by air, boat and train to pay
a last tribute to the memory of his
chief.

Lady Ellerman, a hand clutching her
son's arm in pathetic nervousness, and
Mrs. McPherson, the late Sir John's
married daughter, stood at the foot of
the grave.

Magnificent wreaths were banked six
feet high at the graveside. Wreaths in
the form of anchors, others designed to
represent great modern steamships
were formed with blue cornflowers on
a background of virgin white stock and
roses.

ARRAY OF WREATHS

Wreaths bearing in design the house
flags of famous shipping lines were
heaped in gorgeous but tender dis-
array round the grave.

Girls in coloured overalls had lined
the grave with the most costly blooms,
and at the bottom was a carpet of
golden roses.

A long ladder had to be fetched
before the girls could leave the grave
without disturbing the walls of flowers.

JULY 20, 1933;

ASCIST PAI

SIR J. ELLERMAN

FUNERAL SECRECY
TO-DAY

SCREEN OUTSIDE
HOUSE

ELABORATE precautions have been taken to keep as private as possible the funeral of Sir John Ellerman, the multi-millionaire, who died at Dieppe on Sunday.

Although official information has been refused, however, it is known that the funeral will be held at 12.30 this morning at Putney Vale Cemetery, S.W., and that Sir John will be buried beside his mother.

So that the body may be taken un-seen from the house in South Audley-street, Mayfair, workmen yesterday erected a canvas awning, which stretched from the front door to the kerb.

A secretary at Sir John's offices in Moorgate-street, E.C., told a Daily Mail reporter yesterday: "Sir John disliked publicity intensely, and the family are maintaining absolute silence now be-cause of that. His son will see nobody."

The mystery with which Sir John surrounded himself was astonishing. The address of his offices in Moorgate-street does not appear in the London Postal Directory, and the telephone number, like that of his house, was a secret one. His private life was equally hidden. Almost as little is known of his only son and heir, Mr. John Reeves Ellerman, who, at the age of 24, has succeeded to the title. Mr. Ellerman spent most of yesterday at his father's offices, where he was in conference with secretaries. He was educated at Eastbourne College, and later went to Malvern School.

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