Assembled Gallery

Notables assembled in the Abbey annexe at 1937 Coronation

Ecclesiastics, distinguished officers of state and regalia bearers awaiting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the tapestried hall of the temporary annexe of Westminster Abbey. On the extreme left is Viscount Lascelles, elder son of the Princess Royal, one of the King's train-bearers. The group left centre consists of the Duke of Buccleuch, the Lord Steward; Field-Marshal Lord Milne, bearer of the Second Sword; the Earl of Cromer, the Lord Chamberlain; and the Duchess of Norfolk, canopy bearer to the Queen. The two ecclesiastics standing in the centre are the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London (bearer of the paten), while the group on the right foreground consists of the Duke of Abercorn, one of the four Knights of the Garter appointed to hold the canopy for the King's Anointing; the Earl of Lytton, another canopy-bearer; Major Algar H. S. Howard, Norroy King of Arms; and Lord Hailsham the Lord Chancellor. Date: 1937

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United States Navy - Pratt-Read XLNE-1 31506

United States Navy - Pratt-Read XLNE-1 31506, competition #32, at Harris Hill, Elmira, NY in 1946 for the first US soaring contest held after WWII. In the background is Pratt-Read LNE-1 31507, the only other LNE glider to be assembled of the 79 ordered. This aircraft also flew in the contest and had a fatal accident on 17 August 1946. The LNE-1s and XLNE-1 were Built by the Gould Aeronautical Division of the Pratt-Read Piano Company of Deep River, Connecticut as military versions of the PR-G1 side-by-side primary glider trainer. The remaining aircraft were transferred to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Army Air Force (USAAF) as the TG-32, but the majority remained unassembled until disposed of to the civilian market. 31506 ws sold in Canada as CF-ZCC, returned to the US as N4476U. Currently on exhibit at Wings of Eagles Discovery Center (formerly National Warplane Museum) Elmira Corning RAP, NY. Date: circa 1946

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Women workers WW1 - procession of homage at Palace

Nearly three thousand women workers representing practically every organised branch of women's labour during the First World War and wearing the uniforms of their corps and trades, assembled in the quadrangle at Buckingham Palace after taking part in a Procession of Homage in honour of the silver wedding anniversary of King George V and Queen Mary in July 1918. Date: 1918

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