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    The King's Pilgrimage
    The King's Pilgrimage
    The King's Pilgrimage
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    The King's Pilgrimage

    By Frank Fox

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The King's Pilgrimage - Frank Fox

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The King's Pilgrimage, by Frank Fox

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The King's Pilgrimage

      Author: Frank Fox

      Release Date: May 10, 2011 [EBook #36075]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING'S PILGRIMAGE ***

      Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at

      http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images

      generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

      THE KING’S

      PILGRIMAGE

      PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF THIS BOOK WILL, BY HIS MAJESTY’S DESIRE, BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS WHICH FOR SOME TIME HAVE BEEN ASSISTING RELATIVES TO VISIT THE CEMETERIES ABROAD

      THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

      TERLINCTHUN

      "Standing beneath this cross of sacrifice and

      facing the great stone of remembrance"

      The King’s Pilgrimage

      London:

      Hodder and Stoughton, Limited

      1922

      The Imperial War Graves Commission has to acknowledge the permission of the following for the publication of the photographs which are contained in this book: Central News Agency, Graphic Photo Union, Daily Mail, Press Photographic Agency, The Times, Topical Press Agency, Lt.-Col. H. Ellissen, Mr. F. C. See, Mr. A. H. W. Brown

      PRINTED IN PHOTOGRAVURE

      BY

      THE SUN ENGRAVING CO., LTD.

      LONDON AND WATFORD

      BUCKINGHAM PALACE

      May 1922.

      I am interested to hear of the proposed publication of the record of my pilgrimage to the War Graves.

      It grieves me to think how many relatives are prevented from visiting the graves of their dear ones through lack of means. During my recent visit to the Cemeteries in France and Belgium, I was glad to learn that various organisations are endeavouring to meet this difficulty by raising funds which I trust will be substantially assisted by the sale of the book.

      The King’s Pilgrimage

      I: Our King went forth on pilgrimage.

      It was our King’s wish that he should go as a private pilgrim, with no trappings of state nor pomp of ceremony, and with only a small suite, to visit the tombs in Belgium and France of his comrades who gave up

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