The Archive · 1927

Our Illustrious Dead

Suggested Building Near

London, Nov. 8.

The immediate erection of a new building within the grounds of Westminster Abbey to provide space for the burial of the nation's illustrious dead is urged in a report by the Cathedrals' Commission of Church Assembly on the ground that this is necessary owing to the fact that there is now no remaining! space within the Abbey.

The Commission also states that Jat least £500,000 is necessary to repair the fabrics of many oathed. als within the next five years and expresses the hope that 'a large, authoritative appeal will be made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the people of Great Britain Jand also to all in the British Empire and the United States of

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