Memo from a government department concerning the arrangements for the unveiling of the cenotaph and funeral service at Westminster Abbey in 1920 (Catalogue ref: WORK 20/1/3/361)
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UNVEILING OF THE CENOTAPH
AND
FUNERAL SERVICE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
M E M O R A N D A.
Secretary,
I have to report that the number of applications for tickets for the Memorial Services at the Cenotaph and in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day exceeded 15,000. All of those which were received in time for the ballot, which took place on the 5th instant, and which were more than 14,000 in number, were sorted into the various categories approved by the Cabinet Committee. These categories and their numbers were as follows:-
| (a) | Women who had lost husband and one or more sons | 99 |
| (b) | Mothers who had lost only sons or all sons | 7506 |
| (c) | Widows | 4042 |
| 11647 |
| To these were added relatives of V.C.’s [Victoria Crosses] | 13 |
| Killed or Missing | 11,660 |
Tickets were issued as follows:-
| Westminster Abbey | 1,666 | |
| Government Office Windows
and private windows |
2,374 | |
| Pavements in Whitehall | 3,200 | 6,640
|
| Choir | 200 | |
| Ex-Service Associations
for Processions |
320 | |
| Ex-Service Associations
for Whitehall Place |
520 | 840 |
| Carried forward | 1,040
|
1,040
7,680 |