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| Picture No | 10220563 |
| Date | 1914 |
| Description | Lord Robert's lying-in-state in St Paul's |
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Lord Roberts died of pneumonia at St Omer, France, on 14 November 1914 while visiting Indian troops fighting in the First World War. After lying in state in Westminster Hall (one of two non-Royals to do so during the 20th century, the other being Sir Winston Churchill), he was given a state funeral and was then buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
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| Source | Photograph by L. N. A in The Illustrated War News, 25 November 1914 page 23 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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