Historical Photos: Bermuda At Past Coronations
As the United Kingdom gets set to crown its new King in a coronation taking place on May 6, take a look at Bermuda’s participants at past British coronations.
1902 King Edward VII Coronation Contingent
BMA
- Sergeant A.C. Lamb
- Sergeant Walter Henry Thompson
- Bombadier George Nathaniel Corbin
- Gunner John Henry Tacklyn
- Gunner J. Lightbourne
- Gunner A.W. Packwood
- Gunner G. Smith
BVRC
- Lieutenant Charles Stanley Higgs
- Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Bento Powell
- Sergeant Charles Archibald Darrell Talbot
- Lance-Corporal Frederick Walter Williams
- Lance-Corporal Howard Emmett Dunscomb Smith
- Lance-Corporal William Henry Smith
- Lance-Corporal Thomas Spicer
- Rifleman Frederick William Mastin
- Rifleman Salisbury Stanley Spurling
- Rifleman H.H. Thomas
- Rifleman Henry William Zuill
1911 Coronation of King George V Contingent
BVRC
- Captain James Lightbourn Smith
- Captain Richard Jennings Tucker
- Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry Bento Powell
- Colour-Sergeant William Newbold Talbot Williams – “C” Company. Resided on Ireland Island.
- Colour-Sergeant Patrick Joseph Farrell
- Sergeant Thomas Slater Murdoch – “B” Company – later C/Sergt. Then commissioned
- Sergeant Ernest Gordon Voisey
- Sergeant Howard Emmett Dunscomb Smith – “A” Company. L/Cpl in 1902 Cont.
- Sergeant Edwin Percy Todd Tucker – “A” Company. Commission 27 Nov. 1917
1937 Coronation of King George VI Contingent
- Captain WE Cooper BVRC
- Battery Sergeant-Major F. Minors BMA
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Contingent
BMA
- Second-Lieutenant [later Captain] Francis Beresford Pereira
- Company Sergeant-Major Ashton Raynor
- Corporal [later WO2] Gerald Albert Smith
- Private William Henry Edness
Bermuda Rifles
- Captain Richard Masters Gorham [later Colonel Sir Richard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gorham]
- Sergeant E. D. Powell
- Corporal L. Reginald Motyer
- Private Horace W. Whitehead
Captain Gorham had overall command of both detachments.
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