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Investiture

Item TitleDescriptionArchive Date
XS/1497/9/1 The Royal Welch Fusiliers in Castle Square, Caernarfon.  July, 1911
XS/1497/9/2 Soldiers lining the Royal Route in Castle Square, Caernarfon. The Post Office behind the dais on left. The fountain, right, gaily covered with festoons.   
XS/1497/9/3 Band of the South Wales Borderers leading Guard of Honour en route to Griffiths Crossing, Caernarfon. Centre back, old Y.M.C.A. buildings, now the Herald Office; fountain covered in foreground.   
XS/1497/9/4 The leading mounted troops in a procession from Caernarfon Castle with soldiers lining the route. The centre building, comprising of three shops, demolished in 1916. Figures can be seen on the town ...  more  
XS/1497/9/5 King George V and the Prince of Wales standing on the Royal platform in front of the Queen’s Gate, Caernarfon Castle.   
XS/1497/9/6 Troops lining entrance to Eastgate Street, Caernarfon.   
XS/1497/9/7 J. P. Gregory’s workmen (painters) at the 1911 Caernarfon Investiture.  1911
XS/1497/9/8 Building new part of Castle Square, Caernarfon on site of houses demolished for the Investiture at Caernarfon. Appended: note of the route of the Prince of Wales.   
XS/1497/9/9 Edward, Prince of Wales, on his way across Castle Square for his Investiture at Caernarfon Castle.  1911

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