WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 359-2 (French version, fragment 1) [Main]

The horse-drawn hearse leads a crowd of mourners, mostly civilian. The coffin is taken into the church grounds for burial.Robey, wearing the uniform of an Army lieutenant, acts as auctioneer for a shipment of US cotton, the proceeds going to Red Cross work in France.The ceremony takes place in the rear courtyard of the palace. Mugford, of the Machine Gun Corps, is in civilian clothes and in a whee…