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aerial forces, i.e., the posthumous Y.C. of Lieut.
Rhodes-Mcor louse, of No. 2 Squadron, Royal
Flying Corps, of which squadron I had the honour
to be a member from 1913 to 1916. I will just
add that I and all the squadron regarded Lieut.
Moorhouse as one of the most gallant gentlemen
this famous squadron ever counted among its
members.
It needs some technical knowledge of aircraft
to realise fully what it meant to perform the feat
that won this Y.C., and although it may sound
simple now, it is a fact that he was making history
as he carried only one bomb, that being the first
100 lb. bomb ever carried by the R.F.C., and it
was really far too heavy for the type of machine
he was flying, i.e., a B.E.2.A. I am not speaking
without knowledge, as I have had six years with
the R.F.C. and R.A.F., two of them as a pilot
and four as a mechanic. The squadron was
stationed at Merville at the time, so this will give
an idea of the distance he had to fly. I hope you
will publish this correction in the next issue, and
if possible a few lines of appreciation also.
Yours faithfully,
George Eddixgtox.
[We gladly publish the above letter. Lieut.
Rhodes-Moorhouse was not included in our list
of V.C.'s because, his aerodrome being at Merville,
his cross is included in the list of those gained in
France, and not in Belgium. As, however, he
was bomb dropping over Coutrai it was virtually,
though not officially, gained in the Salient.Ed.,
Y.T.]
Mrs. L- Stanyon, of Leasingham Moor, near
Sleaford, Yorks, would be glad to hear from any
one who knew her late son, No. 269S L./Cpl. C. N.
Stanyon, i/qth Lincolnshire Regiment, who was
killed at Loos at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on
October 13th, 1915.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,
In v'our list of V.C.'s in the January number of
The Ypres Times, I do not see the name of
J. Caffery, who gained his cross near La Brique
in October, 1915, whilst serving with the 2nd Batt.
York and Lancaster Regiment.
Yours,
Jack Wilkixsox.
Sheffield.
1st February, 1924.
[Pte. J. Caffery is shown as gaining his Y.C.
at La Brique, France, in the official list.Ed.,
Y.T.J
Morrells," Sampford Peverell,
Nr. Tiverton, Devon.
February 1st.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,
If any of your members can tell me anything
about the 1/6 Liverpools who fought on 20th
September, 1917, I shall be most graceful to hear
from them. My son was killed that dayon the
Menin Roadand we have heard nothing but
the fact of his death since then, though the
Colonel said he would tell us later where he was
buried, and my son's wife has written to him but
had no reply, so he also ma)- have been killed.
I am, Yours faithfully,
Bright Waliington.
55, Sandford Road,
Moseley, Birmingham.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Sip.,
I have been a member of the Ypres League
since April, and I should like to add my word
of thanks to you for The Times. I had the great
privilege of visiting the Salient in 1921, and I
hope to be able to go again some day. If ever
I do there will be an added interest in many of
the places through what I have read of them in
The Ypres Times.
Two articles in the last issue were of very special
interest to me. I was very much struck with the
first sentence that caught my eye as I opened this
number Many of us can still remember the
effects of the great mining enterprise on the Second
Army Front on June 7th, 1917." I, for one, am
not likely ever to forget its effects, as mv cousin, a
New Zealander, lost his sight in that same mining
enterprise, in the early hours of the morning of
June 7th. Five weeks later, when visiting him
in hospital, it was my privilege to write a letter
to his brother, at his dictation, giving a short
account of his adventures during the night pre
ceding the explosion, and describing the bombard
ment of Messines, which was the last thing he ever
saw. The other article was Adventures with a
Labour Company." My brother was in a Labour
Company and was billetted at Poperinghe during
1917, and was, I believe, still there when he gave
his life for his country on November 9 of that
year. This article, it seemed to me, would be
practically a description of his life during the
time he was there. Fie now rests in the cemeterv
at Potijze.
It was in that number, too, that I saw the
announcement that the Church Army were collect
ing the original crosses on behalf of relatives,
and I would like to thank you for that, too. I at
once applied for permission to have my brother's
cross, and I am pleased to say I have now received
it. It is such a comfort and inspiration to us to
have it. The Church Army organised a Special
Service in the Cathedral here on the afternoon of
Armistice Day, at which the crosses were pre
sented. There were about thirty crosses, and
the service was most impressive and comforting.
In dosing I would like to say thank you
for your good wishes for Christmas to the
readers of The Times, and to wish you a very happy
Christmas and prosperous New Year in return.
Yours faithfully,
H. I.EE (Mrs.).
