Captain Fryatt’s Body At Dover (1916)

Captain Fryatt’s body at Dover. Kent. Sailors walk on pier carrying wreaths of flowers. Following them are more sailors; wheeling flag-draped coffin on cart. (He was captured by Germans who accused him of trying to ram a German sub.) Amenment September 2011: Captain Charles Fryatt’s body was buried in Bruges by German force and wasn’t repatriated to the UK until 1919. His body was landed at Dover and transported to London. After a funeral service at St Pauls on 8 July 1919, he was buried at All Saints Church, Upper Dovercourt. See also film ID . FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Par
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