The and London Regimental Association Tour.
THE YPRES TIMES
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We print below a copy of a resolution passed unanimously at our General Com
mittee Meeting on February 3rd, 1930, and sent to the Hon. General Secretary of the
Old Contemptibles' Association
That the privilege of Complimentary Membership of the Ypres League (Incorporated)
be offered to each official branch of the Old Contemptibles' Association as a token of comrade
ship with and remembrance of those of the old Army who, to save their country, gave their
lives in the First Battle of Ypres, October 19th to November 22nd, 1914."
2, Upper Marlborough Road,
St. Albans.
March 23rd, 1930.
To the Secretary,
Ypres League,
Dear Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 5th of February, 1930, and the very generous
resolution passed by your Committee, I now have the pleasure to inform you that the
Executive Council of this Association have instructed me to thank your Committee
for their generosity and graciously accept your invitation with many thanks.
I enclose herewith a list of our branches, and I shall be glad if you will, at your
convenience, forward the scrolls to me for despatch.
Again thanking you and your Committee.
I remain,
Yours faithfully,
Thos. S. Quick,
Hon. General Secretary.
N.B.The scroll certificates, suitably engrossed, have now been forwarded to the Branches.
AT Easter our Association made a further tour abroad under the auspices of the
Ypres League, this time to Arras, which is a part of the front well known
to all members of the 56th Division.
The party numbered thirty-seven, which included past members of the Regiment,
their wives and friends, and the. visit was much enjoyed by all.
We left London on Thursday evening, April 17th, from St. Pancras to Tilbury,
and then caught the night boat from there to Dunkerque, arriving in the early
hours of the morning, and catching the 7.10 train to Arras.
Arriving at Arras shortly after 9 a.m. gave us plenty of time to pay a visit to the
places of interest in and around Arrasmost of us spent the morning in the town
itself, visiting the cathedral, which is nearing completion from the external point of
view, although there is much to do to the interior. The shops are good in Arras
itself, but the town as a whole has little to commend itself to the sightseer, the
roads are bad and there are many demolished houses with the remains still as they
were in 1918. On the Thursday afternoon the party walked through Beaurains to
