Name/TitleProgramme of Hitchin's Coronation celebrations 1911
MakerPaternoster and Hales
Maker RolePrinter
About this objectA programme for Coronation celebrations in Hitchin in 1911. The people of Hitchin celebrated the Coronation of George V on 22 June 1911 with processions and displays of pyrotechnics and electric lights.
King George V acceded to the throne on the death of his father Edward VII and reigned until his own death in 1936. The reign of George encompassed global events such as the First World War, the collapse of royal dynasties in Germany and Russia, the rise of movements such as communism and fascism. During the reign of George the British Empire was expanded to its greatest extent.
