The Archive · 1940

King George Visits Southern Command

London, Jan. 3.

The King visited the Southern Command yesterday. Wearing the uniform of a Field Marshal, Tis Majesty was cheered by troops in battle order.

'AE one point he walked for more than a mile along a road lined with troops, an escort of villagers and children following him as he walked long the line.

"Altogether during the inspection the King covered 7 miles in a camouflaged car, driven by a lance-corporal who was formerly a chauf-Tour at Buckingham Palace.—-Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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