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Queen Victoria's funeral
« on: Saturday 18 June 11 14:44 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know how many regiments might have been involved in the ceremony surrounding Queen Victoria's funeral?      My granny always told me that she had a brother who was a member of the honour guard at the funeral, but the only brother of hers that I can trace as being in the army at the time was in the Dorsetshire Regiment.         I'm wondering whether he might have been involving in guarding the coffin at some stage as it made its way from the Isle of Wight.       I'm beginning to think that this honour is a bit like 'Queen Elizabeth slept here' as I have seen so many other claimants for it!
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Re: Queen Victoria's funeral
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 18 June 11 20:16 BST (UK) »
To give you an idea of the number of Army and Navy personnel involved, you may like to watch the Pathe Film of the event.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=52004

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CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Queen Victoria's funeral
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 18 June 11 21:52 BST (UK) »
Yeees, I see what you mean.....   What a great site!   Thanks very much for this.    Hours of viewing now ahead.    (I'm sure I saw Uncle Fred fifth from the left in the twenty-seventh frame.)
Toomebridge, County Antrim: Devlin
Toomebridge and Cavan:  McCormick
Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Shropshire:   Hill
Lurgan Co. Armagh:  Malone, Dumigan, McCourt, McGill
St. Pancras, and Poplar, London: Serjeant, Heald
Brookborough Co. Fermanagh:  Carmichael, Tierney
Staffordshire:  Cook
Isle of Wight:   Parkman
Warwickshire:  Kinchin
Cork: Kennedy, Ahern, Deliere

A British Islander, born Dublin of Irish/Anglo roots. Ancestors have crossed and recrossed the Irish sea in every generation.
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