Sir Edward Coates MP Speech

As War was declared Sir Edward Coates MP for Lewisham made a speech at the 18th Annual Lewisham Horse Show on Monday 3rd August 1914, on the European Situation. dark clouds were hovering over the nation that stood on the brink of an unfathomable abyss. They did not know what the next few hours or days would bring forth, as Armies of millions of men were on the move. They could almost here them as they marched towards each other on the continent of Europe and into the entrance of the "valley of the shadow of death". Great Britain did not know if it would be joining them in the next few hours or days.


This wiki is still being developed and subject to change. Please bear with us until it is completed. If you have any suggestions for improvements or inclusions please let us know. Click here to contact us

somerights20.gif

by Local History and Archives Centre, Lewisham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License