Coronation procession forms grand imperial pageant in London
Surviving eyewitness notes an immense display of empire troops marching to the Abbey for the coronation. Generals, premiers, colonial leaders, and Dominion escorts in varied uniforms accompany the royal cavalcade through the Mall. The scene highlights regiments from Britain and colonies, with royal guards and banners, as chimes ring over London.
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Buckingham Palace
Abbey
India
Mall
Whitehall
Mr. Baldwin
Metropolitan Police
Canoda
Ar. Mackenzie’ King
Mounted Police
Uridian
Arctic Circle
Dominion
Mr' Lyons
Lyons
Escor
Grimshaw
Tives
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Horgentchship
Fom
New
Ealand
Savage
Fm New
Zewlane Mounted Rifles
Hertapg
South ‘Africa
Mr. Huggins
Southern Rhodesia
Jehakielac
Gord "Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Dist Constabulary
Ncian
Johore
Tranajordan
Lee
Haraly
Stead Atvangther
Il “Gonelt
Royaly
Grenadiers
Mary
Queen Mary
Maud
Norway
Marlborough House
Britain
The
Honourable Artillery Company
Henry VIII
London
Lancers
Hussars
Wa Cavacade
Royal Scots
Ramilies
Royal
Dragoons
Waterloo
Royal Horse Artillery
Mar“shaia
Phillip Chetiwode
Claude Jacob
Rehail
Dominion Uileers
Amon
Golg
Donald ‘Barton
Ruddock
Heatning
Elliottaire
Tholsand Impire
Trom Villers Bretonneux
Ludendorf
Scar
Phelps
Eric Phelps
Rae Sage
James West
Northumberland
Tibet
Mwahy
Royal Empire Sorcrcty
Eros
Piccadilly
South Africa
Imurelay
Pall Mall
Circus
Regent Street
Oxford
England
Vittoria
Hyds Park
London Decorated Lavishly for Coronation Year
London showcases a sea of red white and blue as Westminster and Whitehall brim with flags and banners. Admiralty Arch and the Abbey form a ceremonial spine while Parliament Square hides under temporary barricades for the coronation pageant drawing Australians, New Zealanders, and crowds who hail the new king and queen.
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Parkland
Wand Square
London
George V
Itvia
Betten
Admiralty
I. Ag
Whitehall
Coronation Day Chronicle of George VI Investiture
An ornate account recalls the coronation rites of George VI with the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating. The procession includes the anointing, sword girding, robes, and the pivotal crowning in Westminster, with Handel’s Zadok the Priest and the crowd’s response echoing “God Save the King.”
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George
Knights of the Garter
King
Marquess ‘of
Canterbury
Westmhinster
Adin
Zetland
Eetherlain
Fotland
Westminster
Duke of Newcastle
Worksop
Mary
York
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