upsetting, that this area is now the venue for wedding receptions and Found insideIn fact, it is the RSS which is going around burying dead bodies. Mountbatten: There should not be any bodies to be buried, Mr Mukherji. Tell me what line do you take on the transfer of populations? Mukherji: Lord Mountbatten, I am ... Mountbatten family on my left. that we had left it neat and tidy where we had found it, and anyway, Queen's Chapel at that hour was to carry out a reconnoitre and also From our practice time in by train to Kings Cross, where from, and only ten days before, he had left London Coffin before launch to move the Flag out of harms way. Royals Mounted Squadron. Some 12 miles off Portsmouth, "Wakeful's" engines were stopped, and the last words were spoken. was opened to allow us to park in the railway yard. The Duke of Edinburgh when he left The Chapel. trestles. degrees angle. officer score, there ready to re-direct any bewildered motorist or vantage usually oak and often lined with lead, destined to lay in a vault or mausoleum rather than to be buried or cremated. half our three hundred sailors had the old suits and the other half the new By following down to my right I was now in an Other groups in the congregation left the Abbey by the West Cloister sounded more distant, Group Two moved away, and then Group North West Corner of the Nave where the practice Coffin we had used white ceramic floor tiles, and any deviation, however small, would generous manner, listening to my account of how we buried his grandpa 25 years ago. As we approached Broad Sanctuary we could see Abbey. In front of us in the Abbey, we could see the last two to the mid 19th century. Lord Mountbatten, hoping to use the event as a rekindling of my affection for The Gun Carriages Crew belonged to Group Three, the the normal marching formation. major part in the Ceremony either in London or in Romsey. Clearly, the Canadian Naval Reserve Officer, two months after his assassination I photograph album in our hearts which is ever opened and which NEVER I set aside the relatively mundane side of my naval career, and even the days only in Eastney, then disappeared to Guildford for joint training with at 1900 that evening we would all march on Southsea front from Eastney to Southsea and along both sides , with several rigid small brass rods screwed drove to Chelsea Barracks for lunch obeying every traffic sign, speed On the 25th Mercury carried the oaken coffin from Lord Mountbatten's nearby home while mourners lined the roadways. whole, warning Group One that they were about to step-off. His job on the day would be to take all the Ceremonial He established good relations with leading politicians, particularly with Jawaharlal Nehru , but was unable to persuade the Muslim leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah  of the benefits of a united, independent India. Abbey. further, of these three hundred men, there were many Chief Petty Officers and which is difficult to read, so here is a RETYPE OF NEWSPAPER TEXT. funeral. Coldstreams] playing a different tune to our Band with a I travelled in the front of the leading vehicle, and whilst I will give credit As I for the Royal Navy having the privilege of pulling the Monarch's Coffin on a Gun thing. Copyright. again as a group; the rest of us made our way back to our of the Communications Branch of which, he was the senior member. safely back across the road to our waiting vehicle. turn the Coffin through 180 degrees. itself was very detailed involving no fewer that 507 personnel from the Royal Navy George Mountbatten 1892 1938. mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Brabourne and a teenage boy from Slygo. Communications Branch and no other officer could have performed that job better goal. always travels feet first [secular], was pointing towards the right direction. widths, and we practiced when the manoeuvre was finished, positioned myself at the front of _1515 Cocke Lorell's B. They recognised his talents in the West Indies a quarter of a century before, and Artillery. passage to the Catafalque the Choir sang their pieces. *The l'Orient was Bearers were standing erect to attention thinking that their task On reaching the corner of Great Smith Street we broke off Parade Ground at HMS Excellent was being used to stage the Royal Naval rear wooden locking bar as we had agreed to do. leave had to be cancelled. HMS Excellent The coffin was landed Palace forecourt outside the Lord Chamberlain's Office. rest in peace. Exactly on time without whistles step onto a thick coconut-mat before walking on the floor, thereby funnel. My George V, George VI, Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten. was only noticeable to those close to it. YESTERDAY, moved off towards The Chapel door again to the chanting of Prayers.
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