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His Royal Highness's work in connection with the war did not
cease when the. hostilities were over. Since the Armistice he has, at
various times and places, reviewed troops and unveiled war memorials.
One such ceremony of particular interest to Indians was the unveiling
at Brighton on February 2nd. 1921, of the memorial to Hindu and
Sikh soldiers who died while being cared for in hospitals in that
place. The memorial took the form of a. rliallri erected on the downs
about five aides from Brighton, on the spot where our soldiers who
had made the supreme sacrifice had been cremated.
His Royal Highness was born on Saturday, June 23rd, 1894. at
White Lodge, Richmond.
It is related that the Prince of Wales received his first deputation
when he was seven years old. The occasion was the hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the Duke of York's School. The boys
attending that institution, dressed in red coats, called upon him and
presented him with an album containing pictures illustrating the
history of the school. He did not make a formal speech, but behaved
as a boy among boys, and enjoyed the occasion quite as much as did
the members of the deputation.
From his childhood the Prince of Wales has been a good public
speaker. He inherited from his grand father, King Edward VII, the
faculty of saving the right word at the right time, and this has had
much to do with making him the popular idol that he is. He also
inherits the linguistic gifts of his family.
The Prince of Wales has, from the beginning of his studies, shown
great mechanical genius. He was particularly keen upon studying
elementary science and had a genuine talent for physics.
Their Majesties have always been insistent that their children
should, from babyhood, have systematic physical culture. It was
natural, therefore, that the Prince of Wales should grow up physically
“fit” and with a love for athletics. At an early ago ho learned to
ride on a little Shetland pony named" Midget. He learned to swim
when he was quite young, at the Bath Club, in Berkeley Street,
London. He is accustomed to taking violent exercise daily, and is
78
His Royal Highness's work in connection with the war did not
cease when the. hostilities were over. Since the Armistice he has, at
various times and places, reviewed troops and unveiled war memorials.
One such ceremony of particular interest to Indians was the unveiling
at Brighton on February 2nd. 1921, of the memorial to Hindu and
Sikh soldiers who died while being cared for in hospitals in that
place. The memorial took the form of a. rliallri erected on the downs
about five aides from Brighton, on the spot where our soldiers who
had made the supreme sacrifice had been cremated.
His Royal Highness was born on Saturday, June 23rd, 1894. at
White Lodge, Richmond.
It is related that the Prince of Wales received his first deputation
when he was seven years old. The occasion was the hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the Duke of York's School. The boys
attending that institution, dressed in red coats, called upon him and
presented him with an album containing pictures illustrating the
history of the school. He did not make a formal speech, but behaved
as a boy among boys, and enjoyed the occasion quite as much as did
the members of the deputation.
From his childhood the Prince of Wales has been a good public
speaker. He inherited from his grand father, King Edward VII, the
faculty of saving the right word at the right time, and this has had
much to do with making him the popular idol that he is. He also
inherits the linguistic gifts of his family.
The Prince of Wales has, from the beginning of his studies, shown
great mechanical genius. He was particularly keen upon studying
elementary science and had a genuine talent for physics.
Their Majesties have always been insistent that their children
should, from babyhood, have systematic physical culture. It was
natural, therefore, that the Prince of Wales should grow up physically
“fit” and with a love for athletics. At an early ago ho learned to
ride on a little Shetland pony named" Midget. He learned to swim
when he was quite young, at the Bath Club, in Berkeley Street,
London. He is accustomed to taking violent exercise daily, and is