The Father of the Guards

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

1369

Super Issue No.

27-Oct

Date Released

3 Feb 1927

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King Charles the Martyr
2. 2World’s Largest Motor Liner
3. 3By "Air Taxi" over the Alps
4. 4The Father of the Guards
5. 5Festival of the Boats
6. 6Eton College Beagles
7. 7In the Holy Ganges River
8. 8For His Mother’s Sake

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

Late General Sir George Higginson who served five Sovereigns and was an officer for 69 years before the Great War.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Windsor

Footage sources

Library

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Notes

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