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Item title reads: “ Last Crimean Veteran. Full Military honours for Pte. R. Shiers - late of the 17th Lancers - the “Death or Glory Boys“ who served in the Crimea Indian Mutiny and Turkish Campaigns. London M/S soldiers in busby helmets shoulder arms. The camera pans to a gun carriage. A brass band marches. It looks misty as mounted soldiers pass, followed by men in top hats and other mourners at the funeral. 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on
