The Ypres Times.
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THE YPRES LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS
AT YPRES-
Members are cordially invited during their stay
at Ypres to visit our headquarters at No. 19,
Rue Surmont de Volsberghe, where they will
receive a hearty welcome from our representative
(Captain P. D. Parminter).
Here, too, they will find an excellent library
comprising the majority of the war and divisional
histories, which are available for the use of all
visitors.
Captain Parminter ably conducts the Wipers
Auto Service and organises tours at moderate
charges. Private high-class automobiles with
British drivers can be hired for any distance or
length of time. Telegraphic address, Autos.,
Ypres." Telephone: Ypres 26.
BACK NUMBERS OF THE YPRES TIMES.
We frequently receive applications for a com
plete set of The Ypres Times, of which the
October (1921), April and October (1923) Numbers
are now out of print.
Will any member willing to part with one or all
of these specified Numbers kindly post them to
the Secretary, who will be very grateful.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEAGUE.
This is open to all who served in the Salient,
and to all those whose relatives or friends died
there, in order that they may have a record of
that service for themselves and their descendants,
and belong to the comradeship of men and women
who understand and remember all that Ypres
meant in suffering and endurance.
Life membership, £2 10s. Annual members, 5s.
Special charges are made to those who cannot
afford the 5s. subscription.
Do not let the fact of your not having served
in the Salient deter you from joining the Ypres
League. Those who have neither fought in the
Salient nor lost relatives there, but who are in
sympathy with the objects of the Ypres League,
are admitted to its fellowship, but are not given
scroll certificates.
There is also a J unior Division to which children
of those who served in the Salient, also those who
sympathise with our objects, have a right to
belong. Annual subscriptions Is. up to the age
of 18, after which they can become ordinary
members of the League.
WHAT THE LEAGUE HAS DONE
(1) Organised inexpensive travel and hotel
accommodation for pilgrims to the Salient
and War Graves.
(2) Established Headquarters and a Rest Room
at Ypres (19 Rue Surmont de Volsberghe).
(3) Published The Ypres Times quarterly for
four years.
(4) Published Maps of the Salient and Cemeteries.
(5) Erected seven granite Pylons in the Ypres
Salient to mark the extreme German
advance
1. On the St. Jean Wiltje Road, leading
to Shell Trap Farm.
2. Near Potijze on the Zonnebeke Road.
3. Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road.
4. The railway crossing by the Zillebeke
River on the Hill 60 Road.
5. Near Trois Rois on the Lille Road.
6. A point near Voormezee'e on the
Kemmel Road.
7. Near Vierstraat on the Kemmel Road.
(6) Given assistance and advice to ex-soldiers over
employment and pensions, etc.
(7) Commemorated Ypres Day on October 31st
at home and abroad.
(8) Held re-unions of members in London and the
provinces.
(9) Maintained cordial relations with dwellers on
the battlefields.
(10) Organised a Junior Division.
(11) Published a guide book called The Immortal
Salient, now in the third edition.
The Immortal Salient has been compiled
with the assistance of the War Office and
the Historical Section of the Committee
of Imperial Defence. It provides a Historical
record with maps, in addition to being a
complete guide to the Salient of Ypres.
(Publishers, John Murray.) To be obtained
from the Ypres League, price 5/- post
free, 5/4.
112) Erected forty signboards marking the follow
ing historic spots in the Salient
Polygon Wood La Plus Douve
Nonne Bosschen Bulgur Wood
Glencorse Wood Bass Wood
Railway Wood Stone Wood
Iron Cross Roads Battle Wood
Somme Farm Maple Copse
Gallipoli Farm Zouave Wood
Beck House Birr Cross Roads
Abraham Heights Hell Fire Corner
J olting Houses Shrapnel Corner
Cameron House Observatory Wood
Gheluvelt Wood Black Watch Corner
Tower Hamlets Y Wood
Inverness Copse Kansas Cross Roads
Clapham J unction Polderhoek Chateau
Stirling Castle FitzClarence Farm
Dumbarton Wood Kitchener's Wood
Bodmin Copse Mouse Trap Farm
Clonmell Copse Hill 60
Shrewsbury Forest Dawson's Corner
A scheme is under consideration for a memorial
belfry in the Salient.
