112 The Ypres Times.
CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SECOND BATTLE.
Organized by the Ypres League.
North London.
The fate of the Empire was never in greater
peril than at these two battles of Ypres declared
the Earl of Ypres when speaking at a Memorial
Service held at the Hornsey War Memorial on the
22nd April last. The Ceremony, which was
excellently organized by the Hon. Secretary and
Committee of the North London branch, was
attended by a great number of the general public
and attracted the keenest and most reverent
interest. One of the main features was the
placing on the walls of the Memorial Hall a wreath
made of wild flowers from the Ypres Battlegrounds.
The Earl of Ypres Unveiling Hornsey
War Memorial.
Among those who attended were Lt.-Gen. Sir
Philip Chetwode, Lt.-Gen. Sir George Macdonogh,
and Capt. Viscount Ednam, M.P. The Bishop
of Willesden conducted the service, and the Mayor
of Hornsey in his opening address bore testimony
to the local and national patriotism which the
Memories of Ypres called forth. Lord Ypres,
who was received with cheers, gave a brief but
inspiring address, followed by a short address by
the Bishop of Willesden, who then pronounced
the Benediction. After this the Last Post was
sounded, and the proceedings were brought to a
close by the singing of the National Anthem.
Fitting music was supplied by the Band of the
Grenadier Guards, and in the evening a Ball was
held at the Prion," Road Drill Hall, at which the
string band of the Grenadier Guards also attended.
Throughout the day collections were made for
the fund for building the Hostelry.
Middlesex.
In'Teddington and Hounslow the Anniversary
of the Second Battle was celebrated by a Flag
Day held on the 22nd April and by Memorial
Church Parades and Services on the 23rd.
The Church Parade at Teddington, under the
command of Major Cox, was well attended, a
good number assembling at the War Memorial,
headed by the Teddington Town Band. St.
Albans Company of the Church Lads Brigade,
the 1st South Teddington, and 2nd and 3rd
Teddington Scouts and Sea Scouts, the Metro
politan and City Police Orphanage Boy Scouts,
men who had fought in the Salient and on other
fronts, and the relatives of the fallen completed
the parade. Two chars-a-bancs and two motor
cars contained disabled men, who were subse
quently taken for a short run.
As the procession moved off to the slow strains
of the band a wreath from the Ypres League to
the memory of the dead was placed at the foot
of the Memorial by Mr. C. Gill, who served in
the R.F.A. and lost his sight during the War.
The Memorial Service held in St. Albans
Church, which was crowded for the occasion, was
conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. Herbert Williams,
and an eloquent address was given by the Rev.
H. D. L. Viener, Chaplain in-Chief to the Royal
Air Force.
The Church Parade at Hounslow was also very
successful and there was a large congregation at
Holy Trinity Church where a short service was
conducted by the Vicar (Rev. A. M. Bashford)
and an appropriate address given by Lt.-Col.
Webb-Peploe, Garrison Chaplain. At the close
of the ceremony the Last Post and Reveille were
sounded by buglers of the Royal Fusiliers, and
wreaths were deposited on the War Memorial
Chapel Altar.
Surrey.
On May 13th and 14th, coincidently with the
visit of the King and Queen to the great cemeteries
in France and Flanders, the Second Battle of
Ypres was commemorated in Surbiton by a Flag
Day and a Memorial Parade and Service. The
local arrangements were supervised by Mrs.
Gorton Angier; with Major Cox and Lieut. E. T.
Adams as organizing officers, and Col. A. P.
Drayson, officer commanding the Parade.
On Sunday some four thousand people took
part in the Parade, about one thousand being ex-
service men including members of local Branches
of the British Legion. Wounded and disabled
men with nurses were conveyed in motor cars
and chars-a-bancs. The remainder of the pro
cession was made up of parties from the Depot of
the East Surrey Regt. and the 6th Battn. East
Surrey Regt., relatives and friends of the killed,
