The Ypres Times.
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OLD COMRADES.
56, Park Lane, Norwich.
April 2nd, 1924.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,If any of your readers who were
in the 113th M.G.C., 38th Div. (Welsh) before they
were formed into Battalions would write to me I
should be pleased to hear from them, as I would
like to get in touch with the boys. If this catches
the eye also of Lieut. Fletcher, who was in charge
of No. 1 Section, I should esteem it a favour if
he would write as well. Any information regarding
the above mentioned officer and also the S.M. of
the Company will be welcomed.
Yours faithfully,
A. Mickelburgh,
Late 42141 L./Cp 1., M.G.C.
Mr. Phillip Waterhouse, The Hatch, Wineham.
Henfield, Sussex, would be glad to hear from any
of his brother officers who served in the 2nd Field
Co., R.E., between August, 1917 and January,
1918.
c/o. Mr. W. Garbutt,
West Ayton S.O., Yorks.
March 21st, 1924.
Dear Sir,I am writing to tell you how pleased
I am with the January issue of The Ypres Times.
Some of my soldier friends ask me why I am in the
League and what benefit I get out of it. The
answer I give them is they have no idea what they
are missing, also if they wish to forget Flanders
I don't. Out of 40 ex-Service men in this village,
I am sorry to say there are only three of us in the
League. In reference to The Ypres Times I think
prize stories are very good, and I was much
impressed by them. I think the Memory
Tablet" is a good idea, as I like to remember
different engagements. I should be glad to hear
from any old members of the late 56th Battery,
34th Brigade, R.F.A. I was a driver in the same.
With best wishes to the League members.
I am, Yours faithfully,
G. Race.
46, Hewitt Street,
Gateshead, Durham.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,Could you let me have the J anuary
number of your Ypres Times The old numbers
of your magazine have been re-read over and over
again by me, and I find it very interesting reading.
In your magazine you have a reader's page, and
I hope that you can help me find an old friend who
lives somewhere in Chelsea. He is called Pte
Harry Harding, and was in one of the London
regiments. He was with me at the Parkwood
Auxiliary Hospital, Berkshire, in August and
September, 1916.
I am Sir, your obedient servant,
Pte. T. BAKER,
late Durham L.I.
TRAVEL.
323, Sydenham Road, S.E.26.
May 21 st, 1924.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,On the Saturday preceding August
Bank Holiday last year a party of about 35 mem
bers journeyed to Ypres.
Five of that party propose to journey again on
August 2nd, and it has occurred to me that others
might care to travel on that date if they knew
members were travelling, particularly the members
who formed last year's party.
Yours truly,
H. Carey.
HOLIDAY QUARTERS.
128, Albany Street,
Regents Park, N.W.i.
May 23rd, 1924.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,I am trying to get up a party of
about 30 or 40 comrades-in-arms who will go to
Cliftonville, Margate, for their holidays this year.
I organised a party of 11 o last year and it was
a great success. I can secure accommodation at
Arthur House, which is kept by an ex-Service man,
between July 28th and September 10th. Terms
for August 3 guineas each.
There is a large room that can be used for
dancing or a Smoker. The house is almost next
door to the Cliftonville Hotel.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Hardy,
V.C's. IN THE SALIENT.
19, Nellie View,
Richmond Hill, Leeds.
April 7th, 1924.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Dear Sir,Allow me to suggest another
addition to the list of V.C.'s won in the Ypres
Salient.
w\Corpl. Samuel Meekosha, Regtl. No. 1147, of
the 1/6th Bn. Prince of Wales s Own (West
Yorkshire Regt.)the Bradford Territorials. The
following is the official account of how the decora
tion was earned -
He was with a platoon of about twenty
N.C.O.'s and men who were holding an isolated
trench. During a very heavy bombardment by
the enemy six of the platoon were killed and seven
wounded, while all the remainder were more or
less buried. When the senior N.C.O.'s had been
either killed or wounded, Cpl. Meekosha at once
took command, sent a runner for assistance, and
in spite of no less than ten more big shells falling
within twenty yards of him, continued to dig
out the wounded and buried men in full view of
the enemy at close range from the German trenches.
By his promptness, and magnificent courage and
determination, he saved at least four lives.
This took place on November 19th, 1915, in a
