Fascinating article. Who was A S Watt, the last pall-bearer
listed? Not the botanist from Cambridge, I presume.
John Cram
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John Morgan wrote
> I have a copy of 'The Daily Mail' dated January 23, 1936. The following
> paragraph appears:
> Kipling's Funeral Today
> 'Recessional' to be Sung
> The ashes of Rudyard Kipling will be interred at noon today beneath the
> pavement of Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey.
> Thus the remains of the Poet of Empire will rest within a stone's throw of
> Westminster Hall, where, a few hours later, the body of his King and lifelong
> friend will be brought to lie in state.
> Rudyard Kipling's simple funeral service is to be conducted by the Dean of
> Westminster, Dr Foxley Norris, assisted by the Precentor, the Rev. C.M.
> Armitage, and it is understood that the poet's own "Recessional" will be sung
> by the Abbey choir.
> Mr Baldwin, Kipling's cousin, will be a pall-bearer, and with the Prime
> Minister will walk Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, Field-Marshall Sir
> Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir James Barrie, Sir Fabian Ware, Mr. A.B.
> Ramsey (Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge), Mr. H.A. Gwynne and Mr. A.S.
> Watt.
> No more tickets are available for the service, but the public will be admitted
> to the north transept.
>
> I don't have a copy for the following day, but I have no doubt that this is
> what actually happened.
>
> John Morgan
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