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| Keywords: St. Paul's Cathedral (16166925650).jpg Officers of the City of London Police form a Guard of Honour on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral for King George V who has just attended the State Funeral of Field Marshall Lord Roberts VC This is Thursday 19th November 1914 which was a cold and miserable day the sleet can be seen in the photograph The French postcard was sent from France by a serving British soldier to his mother who lived in Greenwich Lord Roberts was a very famous Victorian soldier who at the age of 82 years went to France in order to inspect an Indian regiment of which he was Colonel in Chief During the visit he contracted a chill and died of pneumonia several days later I have Geotagged this photo and it has put the location in Southwark this is wrong the location is in the City of London https //www flickr com/photos/31363949 N02/16166925650/ St Paul's Cathedral 1914-11-19 Agence Rol<br/>Charles Collas Co publisher <br/>Scanned by https //www flickr com/people/31363949 N02 Leonard Bentley from Iden East Sussex UK http //catalogue bnf fr/ark /12148/cb40503567q marked as public domain by Gallica 51 513743 -0 099638 source Flickr PD-anon-70-EU PD-1923 Leonard Bentley https //flickr com/photos/31363949 N02/16166925650 2015-11-12 21 50 53 cc-by-sa-2 0 City of London Police Pneumonia History of St Paul's Cathedral Mattbuck's temporary category Files from Leonard Bentley Flickr stream | ||||
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