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Dockyard Chatham on Twitter: "#OnThisDay In 1952 - Chatham based sailors pulled the naval gun carriage at the funeral of His Majesty King George VI http://t.co/ToHH9oa7UD" / Twitter
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U.S. Naval Institute on Twitter: "Queen Elizabeth's coffin will be carried from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey on the State Gun Carriage pulled by Royal Navy sailors. The carriage is maintained at
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Sailors pulling the gun carriage carrying the coffin of Queen Victoria, Windsor, Berkshire, 1901. Artist: Unknown Stock Photo - Alamy
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