8. P..C. Ivanoft Buried with Full]
Honours at Lokawei Cemetery The funeral service over the remains of the late Special Constable G. V. Ivanoff, the Russian rites having been said, took place Lokavei Cemetery orf Sunday afternoon, Large numbers of friends, former brother affeers, and members of the Russian and international communities, attended, The gallant Special, it will be} recalled, received "shot wounds on Wednesday night which caused his death on Thursday, With Constable] Ferguson he was in the vicinity of Honan Road Bridge when armed ruffians shot at Specials on duty there. Hearing the sound of shots, intercepted a fleeing Chinese, and was shot by him.
An 8, V. C. gun-carriage, manned by the: Battery, left the Public Mortuary at 2.16 o'clock, bearing the coffin, draped with the S.MLP. flag and upon which were the deceased's cap and baton. A Shih mounted troop, commanded by! Trooper-Inspr. Beal, escorted the remains over the entire march, with which also marched eight comrades from the Specials, who served as pall bearers, After proceeding along Yalu, Haining "and North—Szechuen Roads, the gun-carriage was met by the official party at the comer of] Soochow Road and Szechuen Rond. They fell in behind the chief mourn.
his brother-in-law. The official Martin, Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. J. Gande, Acting Commissioner in charge of the Spe+ cials, the available officers, and an officer and 20 foreigners, "a Jap-nese officer and. twelve men, 4 Sikh officer and 48 men, five Chinese officers and "96 men. The Beds, & Herts, Rogiment-Band, with muted drums, played appropriate music along the line of march—Peking Road, Thibet Road, Avenue Edward Vil, Manila Rond, ind Tamsut Ro On entering the French Concession, the official party, with the exception of the officers, the escort, the Russian officers in uniform and the Specials "detached "themsel French poli whi French police and French Specials joined, At the cemetery, the band with shrouded drums, formed a double whilst the gun carriage drew and the pall bearers placed th coffin upon their shoulders, and as the band played the Jast solemn' notes, the procession slowly moved inside, "The uniformed. men, Specials and Russian Regulars formed fine on either side of the path, through which. the cetin "moved, Deceased way buried Within a. few aces of the late Eugene Bachtin, who was fatally shot during' the assault on the Soviet Consulate.
Orders by the A.C.P. (Specials)
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