The Proclamation of King George V took place on 12th May 1910 outside the Town Hall and attracted a large crowd.
Before reading the Proclamation the Mayor, Daniel Norton Heron said:
“The honour has fallen upon me as Mayor to publicly proclaim in this loyal Borough of Wokingham, in the Royal County of Berks, the accession to the Throne of this great Empire of his Majesty King George V., and while I do so with all loyalty to his person, I feel that none of us can obliterate from our minds the overwhelming sorrow that has so suddenly and prematurely come upon the people of this Realm by the untimely death of our late universally beloved King, his Majesty King Edward VIII., whose beneficent and too short reign has been the wonder and admiration of the civilised world. ”
Wokingham Town Museum Unique Identifier: WTH0380