88 THE YPRES TIMES
Arranged by the Purley Branch of The Ypres Leaglte.
ON Wednesday, the 26th ultimo, the
Second Annual Overseas Dinner
arranged by this branch took place
at the Red Lion Hotel, Coulsdon, the
company being exclusively composed of
those who saw overseas service in the
Great War.
Commander R. H. Shelton, D.S.O.,
was in the chair, and this year the num
bers were practically double those who
attended a year ago, eighty taking part in
the dinner and a further half-dozen being
prevented by illness from attending.
The Operation Orders were very effec
tively carried outCapt. E. Featherstone
called the roll, and the rations supplied
were very good indeed.
The Chairman's strafe of the troops
was a most entertaining item, and his
little lecture on discipline caused roars of
laughter.
Mr. T. C. Sterndale-Bennett was
extremely entertaining, and in the inter
vals between his appearances the audience
had no difficulty in entertaining them
selves with many good stories and songs.
The evening closed with an orderly
retreat, after what was voted an
immensely successful reunion.
Thirty members joined the League as
a result of the reunion.
Members present served in the
following
R.N.V.R., R.N.D.
R.F.A., R.G.A.
Dorset Yeomanry, Surrey Yeomanry,
Royal Bucks Hussars
R.E.
Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps.
R.F.C., R.A.F.
Artists, The Buffs, Black Watch,
Bedfords, Border Regiment, Canadian,
Cheshire, Durham L.I., East Lanes, East
Surrey, Essex, H.A.C., Hertfords,
King's Own Lancaster, King's Liver-
pools, Lancashire Fusiliers, London,
London Scottish, Middlesex, Norfolks,
Oxford and Bucks L.I., K.R.R.C., Royal
Fusiliers, Royal West Surreys, Royal
West Kents, Punjabis, Suffolks, Welsh,
Yorks.
R.A.S.C., R.A.M.C., Army Dental
Corps.
Members saw service on the following
fronts
France, Belgium, Gallipoli, Palestine,
Mesopotamia, Italy, Salonica, Egypt,
India, Macedonia, Russia, Afghanistan,
Hungary, and Trans-Caucasia.
Rations.
Hors d'oeuvres Gallipoli.
M. V.
Crème Lanoline d'Armentières.
Consommé Chlorine.
MeninGitelce.
Fromage Ordinary Seaman.
North Sea Scraps.
Café Bon Relief.
