BRANCH NOTES AND NEWS.
The Ypres Times.
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British Club, Ypres.
December ist, 1924.
Sir,May i beg the hospitality of your columns
for an appeal on behalf of the British Club at
Ypres
Most clubs come into being by means of dona
tions in money and in kind, but this one com
menced its life on loans from members and fridens.
Our immediate needs are books for the library
(the present library is the remains of the Y.M.C.A.
and other libraries) and the re-covering of our
three-quarter size billiard table.
Most of our members are gardeners employed
at the British cemeteries, all of whom are
ex-soldiers, many having served in the Ypres
area during the War.
During the past summer we had quite a large
number of visitors from England, many of whom
were mothers visiting graves, and soldiers taking
part in the unveiling of war memorials. The club
never hesitates to offer hospitality to any British
visitor spending a few hours in the district. I
think, therefore, that we have some grounds for
appealing for a little help from folks at home.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) A. W. K. Hawking,
Treasurer, British Club, Ypres.
9124, Pte. T. Jackson, 7th Batt. Yorks Regt.'
would like to hear from any old comrade also
from any comrade who was on the 50th Infantry
Brigade Staff.
The British Legion,
Moretonhampstead, Devon.
November 4th, 1924.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,I shall be much obliged if through
the medium of The Ypres Times you can find
out from any members where Private E. Bowden,
No. 242115, A Company, 2/5Ü1 Royal West Kent
Regiment, was buried. He was reported killed by
a sniper near Ypres on the 3rd October, 1917,
and his mother is anxious to know where his grave
is.
I am, Yours faithfully,
H. C. Loveys.
MARRIAGE.
TUTEUR-SHIPMAN.On the 24th of September
at Montreal, Canada, Maurice Philip Tuteur,
late B Battery, H.A.C., 84th Battery,
nth Brigade, Lahore Division, and Captain
and Adjutant, R.A., 17th Division, to Florence
Helene Shipman, of Montreal.
branch notes—canada.
A Canadian member, Mr. N. H. Cousins, sends
us the following account of a reunion organised
by him. We reprint it, by permission, from the
Winnipeg Free Press
About 50 of the originals of D company,
16th Battalion, Canadian Scottish, held a reunion
at the Marlborough Hotel last night, and spent
a pleasant' evening. Col. Hugh M. Urquhart,
D.S.O., of the 16th Battalion Headquarters at
Victoria, B.C., who left Winnipeg in 1914 with the
Cameron Company, which made up No. 4 Com
pany of the Canadian Scottish Battalion, got an
enthusiastic reception when he looked in. He is
travelling from Ottawa to the coast, and was able
to remain only a few minutes. He took advan
tage of fhe opportunity to express his pleasure at
renewing acquaintance with the gallant lads who
had fought under him, and gave them all his best
wishes. He is still suffering from the effects of
wounds received when in command of the 43rd
Winnipeg Battalion in the closing stages of the
War.
Col. V. H. Hastings presided, and proposed the
toast of the evening, Fallen Comrades." The
Lament was played by Piper J. Groat, D.C.M.,
MM.
Speaking in reply, Norman Cameron said that
there was nothing that should be as sacred as the
memory of their fallen comrades who by their
glorious self-sacrifice saved the world from the
fetters and tyranny of an unscrupulous foe. The
fact that their dependents were properly provided
for was the best monument that could be erected
in their honour.
harroqate.
The tenth anniversary of Ypres Day was duly
marked at Harrogate. On Sunday evening,
October 26th, a Lantern Lecture on the Ypres
League was given by Mrs. J. Briggs, the local
Corresponding Member, at St. James' Hall.
Miss M. Baxter gave a sympathetic rendering
of the League song, A Corner in Flanders," and
copies of the song were sold.
It was a gratifying fact that a large audience
was present, in spite of the very bad weather.
A novel feature was introduced by the use of
Tommy's Tin Hats," which had come from
battlefields of the Salient, as receptacles for the
collection.
the london county committee.
The London County Committee wish to draw
the attention of all members living in the Edmon
ton and Tottenham districts that Mr. E. Glover,
of 191, Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, N.17, has
been appointed Corresponding Member for these
districts. Mr. A. Copland, of 38, Farrance Street,
Burdett Road, Bow, E.14, has also been appointed
Corresponding Member for the Eastern area.
Both these appointments are under the control
of the London County Committee.
As mentioned in the last issue of The Ypres
