george v was the queen of britain during ww1.
george v was the queen of britain during ww1.
who was the queen of britain during ww1?
george v
during oke's life, the oke's carriage factory was shepherded by his father, john carnell oke (1857–1931), and from 1926 by oke's brother, gordon jeans oke (1889–1977), when their father became incapacitated by chronic illness. the okes were known for artistic carriage painting and for constructing the dog-cart presented by the children of newfoundland, accompanied by the newfoundland dog bouncer, to the duke & duchess of cornwall and york (later george v and queen mary), during their visit to the colony in 1901. an example of an oke 19th century dog-cart (two-wheeled child’s carriage) is in the collection of the national trust carriage museum (devon). a newfoundland dog, sable chief, in the same bloodline as bouncer, was presented as mascot to the ww1 newfoundland regiment before leaving st. john's on the ss florizel.
harris r. oke
because of waikato's anti government stance on conscription during ww1 and te puea's personal involvement in hiding conscripts, she was not a popular figure with government or local pakeha after ww1. because of the german background of her father te puea was often accused of being a traitor. after ww1, farmers were reluctant to offer kingites work and during the royal visit of the prince of wales the kingites desire to host the prince was snubbed in favour of an arawa visit which was open to all māori to attend. arawa had been selected as they had the experience and facilities to host a large māori occasion. they were an iwi that had remained loyal to the government, taking an active part against the kingites in the land wars and playing a full role in ww1.
te puea herangi