The Royal Jubilee Procession
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ILLUSTRATED PROGRAMME OF THE ROYAL JUBILEE PROCESSION Price Price One Shilling. One Shilling. mutbonset) bç IfUR-lb- tbe prince of Males, 1fc,<5- PUBLISHED IN AID OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL FUND FOR LONDON, TO WHICH THE ENTIRE PROFITS WILL BE DEVOTED. PUBLISHING OFFICE, 190, STRAND. LONDON. (COPYRIGHT.) PROGRAMME OF THE ROYAL JUBILEE PROCESSION y une 22nd. L LONDON : 190, STRAND, W.C. V0,£}, . 1897 AC A few words to the reader may be acceptable in explaining how it has been possible to compile a Pictorial Programme of the Royal Procession with a due regard for correctness some time before the events depicted take place. It was suggested that an Illustrated Programme of the Royal Jubilee Procession should be produced and sold THE QUEEN'S COMMEMORATION for the benefit of the Prince of Wales's Hospital Fundj this has been an arduous undertaking, but many formidable THE unique and magnificent spectacle which will be presented by the streets of London on the 22nd June, difficulties vanished like magic when it was known that Her Majesty the Queen was graciously taking great 1897, is the result of a natural impulse in the hearts of the people of the British Empire to do honour to their inter est in the Prince's Hospital Fund. It will be remembered that at a meeting at Marlborough House H.R.H. 'beloved Sovereign. the Prince of Wales said:—" On informing the Queen that a meeting of the General Council would take place Sixty years ago the daughter of the Duke of Kent ascended the throne of Great Britain and Ireland ; for sixty to-day, she has empowered me to say that though up till now she has not desired that any suggestion from her years as Queen, and as Queen and Empress, she has occupied that exalted station. At the very beginning of her should take the place of any given purpose to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee, yet she rejoices to hear what a reign she obtained, and throughout the whole of it she has maintained, a firm hold of the affectionate loyalty of her large sum has already been subscribed to the London Hospital Fund, and wishes the Fund every success." The subjects. And not of her own people only, but of all peoples. Throughout the civilised world no name is held knowledge oj the fact, and the known sympathy and deep interest of His Royal Highness in the Fund which bears in higher reverence than that of Victoria the Queen and Victoria the woman, his name, caused those in authority readily to give the information required by the large staff of artists, who have been A thousand claims to reverence closed actively employed in sketching from life every detail of uniform and costume, so that the pictures should be correct. In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen. The Honorary Secretaries take this opportunity of expressing their acknowledgment to the Directors and Staff of the GRAPHIC and DAILY GRAPHIC, who have carried out the literary and artistic work connected with this The sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign sees those claims upon our reverence and our love rivetted closer Programme on behalf of the Fund, and have also undertaken the business management and the printing, than ever. Even at this time, when, as she very well knew, the people of these islands would be eager to dedicate charging only the actual outlays incurred. to her the costliest of memorials, the Queen gave it to be understood that what would best please her would be The result is before the reader, and it is earnestly hoped by those who have been instrumental in endeavouring the relief of human suffering. She chose for her memorial the hospital ward rather than the statue ; the Jubilee to make this Programme of lasting interest to the public at home and abroad, that it may be the means of materially monument of Victoria is the blessing of suffering men, women and children. assisting the beneficent object, which, we know, is so thoroughly acceptable to Her Majesty as commemorating her And so it is that the metropolis of the Empire now presents a spectacle so remarkable. From Canada,Trom DiamondJubilee,. Africa, from Australia, the Sons of the Empire have come to join with the people of Great Britain and Ireland It is hoped that this Programme may not only form an illustrated guide to the Procession, but also a memento in the.homage paid to their Sovereign. Those who witness the splendid spectacle in which this homage has of an eventful day., worthy to be preserved culminated are not likely ever to forget it. It is hoped that this little book, devoted to the cause which the Queen has favoured, may serve in after years to call to remembrance the stirring and glorious scene of June 22nd, 1897. (Official and Authentic Programme.—COPYRIGHT) THE PROCESSION Captain Ames, 2nd Life Guards 3rd Hussars ~| „ , Four Troopers, 2nd Life Guards 8th Hussars J[Squadrons Naval Gun Detachment " O " Battery Royal Horse Artillery Staff Officer 10th Hussars" !J -Band„ ,s Advanced Guard, 2nd Life Guards 15th HussarTT s J 1st Life Guards \ 10th Hussars "1 „ , , V Squadrons , 1st Dragoon Guards j- Bands 15th HussarTx s J n 2nd Dragoon Guards J " T " Battery Royal Horse Artillery D " Battery Royal Horse Artillery 12th Lancers ~1 „ , . T V Bands 1st Life Guards "j 17 th Lancers J 1st Dragoon Guards j- Squadrons 12th Lancers 1 „ - 17th Lancers } Squadrons 2nd Dragoon Guards J " E " Battery Royal Horse Artillery " P " Battery Royal Horse Artillery 3rd Dragoon Guards Aides-de-Camp to Commander-in-Chief 6th Dragoon Guards - Bands Aides-de-Camp to the Queen 7th Dragoon Guards The Lord-Lieutenant of London, the Duke of Westminster 3rd Dragoon Guards The Headquarters Staff 6th Dragoon Guards j- Squadrons Three Field-Marshals 7th Dragoon Guards The Sheriffs of the City of London on Horseback (from Temple 4,G" Battery Royal Horse Artillery Bar to the Mansion House) 1st Dragoons "j Three Officers representing the Auxiliary Force in attendance on 2nd Dragoons >- Bands H.RH. the Prince of Wales 6th Dragoons J One Hundred Equerries, Gentlemen-in-Waiting, and Military 1st Dragoons ~j Attachés 2nd Dragoons \ Squadrons The Foreign Naval and Military Attachés MAP OF THE ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION 6th Dragoons J General Haglon and General Miles "J" Battery Royal Horse Artillery The Deputation from the 1st Prussian Guard Dragoons (Queen of 3rd Hussars Bands Great Britain and Ireland) 8th Hussars } Irocession—contintied'] Jrocesswn—coiu.7ine<{'\ ROAD LANDAUS AND FOURS FOURTEENTH CARRIAGE THE DEPUTATION OF OFFICERS OF THE IMPERIAL SERVILE TROOPS TWELFTH CARRIAGE THIRTEENTH CARRIAGE The Princess Victoria of Wales The Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife Commandant Chatru Singh, Imperial Service Troops, Bhartpur The Princess Charles of Denmark Lieutenant-Colonel Maharaj Dhiraj Sir Pratab Singh, K.C.S.I. The Duchess of York The Grand Duchess Serge of Russia Resaldar Abdul Majid Khan, Imperial Service Troops, Bahawalpm The Princess Frederick of Hanover (A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales), Regent of Jodhpur The Princess Henry of Prussia The Grand Duchess of Hesse Commandant Daud Khan, Imperial Service Troops, Ulwar The Duchess of Teck Captain Mir Hashim AH Khan, Imperial Service Troops, The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Commandant Nazir Khan, Imperial Service Troops, Rampur The Princess of Bulgaria Hyderabad SIXTEENTH CARRIAGE Resaldar-Major Didar Singh, Imperial Service Troops, Sind FIFTEENTH CARRIAGE Resaldar-Major Sunayat Singh, Relation of His Highness the , The Empress Frederick Resaldar-Major Kishan Singh, Imperial Service Troops, Nabha The Princess Henry of Battenberg Maharajah of Kashmir The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha The Crown Prince of Naples Commandant Abdul Ganny, Imperial Service Troops, Gwalior Resaldar Hara Singh, Imperial Service Troops, Kapurthala The Duchess of Connaught The Princess Louise Commanda'nt Govind Roa Matkar, Imperial Service Troops, Resaldar Dhan Singhi, Relation of the Ruling Family of Bhaynagar The Duchess of Albany The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Indore [Two senior Queen's Equerries will ride by the Empress Frederick's carriage] Commandant Mirza Kurim Beg, Imperial Service Troops, Bhopal BRITISH OFFICERS ACCOMPANYING THE ABOVE The Lord Mayor (from Temple Bar to the Mansion House) Rai Bahadur Dhunpat Rai, Imperial Service Troops, Jeypore Colonel H. Melliss, C.S.I. Commandant Nand Singh, Imperial Service Troops, Patiala Major F. H. R. Drummond THE COLONIAL ESCORT Commandant Bahadur Thakur Dip Singh, Imperial Service Troops, Captain F. Angelo Bikanir The Colonial Escort, headed by the band of the Royal Horse Guards, will be formed upon the Victoria Embankment, and will march by way of the Mall along the line of route to St. Paul's Cathedral at 8.45 a.m., in the following formation :— PROCESSION OF SIXTEEN CARRIAGES South Australian Mounted Troops Advanced party of Royal Horse Guards, four N.C.O.'s and Men EIGHTH CARRIAGE—continued Premier of Newfoundland. Premier of Tasmania DRESS LANDAUS AND PAIRS Band of Royal Horse Guards Natal Mounted Troops Five Dress Landaus and Pairs containing the Foreign Envoys The Princess Ena of Battenberg Canadian Mounted Troops Premier of Western Australia. Premier of Natal The Mistress of the Robes Premier of Canada SIXTH CARRIAGE Mounted Troops of Crown Colonies New South Wales Mounted Troops NINTH CARRIAGE Rhodesian Horse 1 The Lady-in-Waiting to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales Premier of New South Wales. Premier of Victoria Band of St. George's Rifle Volunteer Corps The Chamberlain to the Empress Frederick The Princess Victoria Patricia of Connaught Victoria Mounted Troops The Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen Colonial Infantry Prince Arthur of Connaught New Zealand Mounted Troops The Chamberlain to H.R.H.