Eton Memorial to Lord Plnmer
ItN MEMORY OF FIELD MARSHAL 4 i
HERBERT CHARLES ONSLOW PLU MER
JFIRST VISCOUNT OF MESS1NES OF BILTON
C B. GCMG., G.OV.O. GB.E. HE WAS
BORN ON.XIII MARCH MDCCCLVII WAS I j
AT ETON F ROM - MDCCCEXX TO "MDCCCLTXV!
HE DIED ON XVI JULY MDCCCCXXXJI 6
LIES BURIED.IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY'
I hrough'odt his life, in war s in peace
he was distinguished beloved
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did in the last twenty years was colossal. He exhaled wherever he went a warm
humanity and a considerate courtesy, before which difficulties melted as snow. Few
men can have had more friends.
H.B.
Photo [Galthorpe Sons, Ltd.
THIS MEMORIAL, WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE CLOISTERS AT ETON WAS UNVEILED ON
MESSINES DAY (JUNE 7th, 1933) BY H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,
HIMSELF AN OLD ETONIAN.
THE Ypres League Annual Commemoration will be held on Sunday, October 29th,
and the following arrangements have been made
2.30 p.m. Assemble on the Horse Guards' Parade.
3.00 p.m. Address by the Rev. P. B. Clayton, C.H., M.C.. and Lament by Pipers
of the Scots Guards.
3.15 p.m. March to the Cenotaph.
3.30 p.m. Laying of the Ypres League Wreath on the Cenotaph.
3.45 p.m. March back to the Horse Guards' Parade.
4.00 p.m. Dismiss on the Horse Guards' Parade, and at 4.30 p.m. an Ypres League
deputation will proceed to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in West
minster Abbey and place a wreath.
H.R.H. Princess Beatrice has graciously consented to attend the service and lay
the League wreath on the Cenotaph.
Plain clothes and medals to be worn (uniform optional).
We hope that members of the Ypres League will make every effort to attend
this Commemoration.
