• Short Summary

    Funeral of Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde, VC.

  • Description

    Titles read: "Passing of a Hero".

    The Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham.

    Various shots of the funeral procession of Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde, leader of the heroic attack by Swordfish aircraft on the escaping Gneisenau and Scharnhorst (German warships) up the English Channel. Esmonde was the first VC of the Second World War to be buried in English soil.

    High officers of the Navy, Air Force and Royal Marines pay their respects as the coffin is lowered into the grave. Sailor fire rifles and the last post (?) is sounded.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1326.09
    Media URN:
    43814
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    07/05/1942
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:45:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:12:54:00 / 01:13:39:00
    Canister:
    42/37

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  1. Unknown user says

    woodlands Cemetery Gillingham Kent

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  2. Unknown user says

    "Schornhorst" should read Scharnhorst.

    The location is The Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham.

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  3. Unknown user says

    Thank you Nicholas and jamied for identifying the location. We've added this to our description.

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