Memorial Service for Sir A. Conan Doyle

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Memorial Service for Sir A. Conan Doyle is an article published in The Times on 14 july 1930.


Memorial Service for Sir A. Conan Doyle

The Times (14 july 1930, p. 9)

A memorial service for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was held last night at the Albert Hall. On the platform were Lady Conan Doyle, with a vacant chair on her right labelled "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," Mr. Dennis Doyle, Mr. Adrian Doyle, Miss Mary Doyle, Miss Jean Doyle, and Mrs. Estelle Roberts. Mr. GEORGE CRAZE presided.

A telegram from Sir Oliver Lodge was read, and tributes to Sir Arthur were paid in short addresses by the Rev. G. Vale Owen, the Rev. C. Drayton Thomas, Mr. H. E. Hunt, and Mr. Ernest Oaten.