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Localisation - Situering: Leeds Central
Library, West Yorkshire, UK.
Texte de l'article - Tekst van het artikel
"REFUGEE'S FUNERAL - THE FUNERAL OF MADAME
DESECK, A BELGIAN REFUGEE, WHO DIED AT
WETHERBY, WAS ATTENDED BY HER TWO SONS, WHO
ARE OFFICERS IN THE BELGIAN ARMY, AND CAME
DIRECT FROM THE TRENCHS TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY.
THE FUNERAL WAS VERY LARGELY ATTENDED BY TOWNS-
PEOPLE, AS WELL AS BY A NUMBER OF THE SOLDIERS OF
THE 155TH BRIGADE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY BILLETED
IN THE TOWN, SOME OF WHOM ACTED AS BEARERS.
SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL WREATHS WERE SENT BY THE PEOPLE
OF WETHERBY, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE LOCAL BEL-
GIAN RELIEF COMMITTEE."
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