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personally responsible for the results achieved, the Ypres League was well supported at Manchester
an 1 a considerable financial success was effected. We have to thank the Proprietors and Managers
of the following Cinemas for their loyal supportThe Tower, Victoria, Cromwell, Arcadia, Picture-
drome, Picturecroft, Drill Hall. Very special success attended the Tower Cinema and Picturecroft.
The. Victoria did excellently also. All in fact helped us equally according to their holding capacity.
We wish to express also our deep appreciation of the personal efforts made by Capt. Newson and those
who so kindly supported him.
Macclesfield.Ypres Day was organised by Captain B. T. Saunders, Cheshire Regiment, who
obtained the co-operation of the local Cinemas. Owing, however, to the Blection, and other causes,
the number of songs sold fell below expectation. Captain Saunders desires to hold the unsold copies
indefinitely, as he is determined to dispose of them. His ardour is to be commended, and we wish to.
record our grateful thanks to him and his supporters.
Halifax.-Lt.-Colonel J. Walker, D.S.O., T.D., Commanding 4th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's
Regiment, organised on a large scale, appointing Lieut. R. E. Horsfield organiser for the Battalion.
A very big effort was made and songs were sold at the following theatres and picture houses
Theatres Theatre Royal, The Palace, The Grand Theatre. Picture HousesThe Picture House,
The Electric Theatre, The Theatre de Luxe, The Palladium, The Victoria Hall. The Manager of The
Picture House himself served at Ypres and made a very special effort on our behalf which we greatly
appreciate. Speeches were made on Ypres Day by Major J. C. Burnett, D.S.O., Capt. R. Henneker,
Lieut. R. B. Horsfield, at the Theatre Royal, Grand, Palace, and The Picture House. The sellers
who were all Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the Depot or of the Battalion, worked hard to achieve
this saccess. On Armistice Day, at The Picture House, the Mayor of Halifax kindly consented to appeal,
and two buglers of the Regiment sounded Last Post and Reveille." We are deeply grateful
to all concerned for the big success achieved, and especially to the Managers of the various theatres for
making the necessary alterations in their programmes which alone made such an appeal possible To
Lt. R. E- Horsfield we extend our warmest thanks. He carried out in a novel and efficient way the
scheme we had suggested. The cheques received were far in excess of the total receipts from the
actual songs sold,which proves to us not only the generosity of the people of Halifax, but the efficient,
painstaking and sympathetic manner in which the appeal was presented.
Preston.-We were particularly fortunate at Preston in having the assistance both of the 88th
(West Lanes.) Field Brigade, R.A., under the command of Lt.-Col. S. Smith, D.S.O., M.C., T.D. and
also of the 4th Battalion the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), under the command of Lt.-Col
H. Parker, D.S.O. Col. Smith met with a splendid response to the appeal he made on our behalf,
and sold a large number of songs. Among those who helped were Mr. Walker McLaren, of the Empire
Theatre, and Miss Connie Corner, a principal artiste of Peri, the Slave of Love Company, who sang
the song most excellently. We should like to record our thanks to them for their valuable assistance.
Sunderland.Organised by Col. H. Wilson, Commanding 55th Northumbrian Medium Brigade,
R.A. Several local Cinemas and a Music Hall agreed to sell our song and excellent results were effected.
Much credit is due to Captain E. C. J. Barry, the Adjutant, who was responsible for the active organisa
tion throughout. We are most grateful to Col. Wilson and all his assistants. We are pleased to be
able to give a short history of this Brigade, for the information of our readers.
The 55th Northumbrian Medium Brigade, R.A., was formed after the War on the reconstruction
of the Territorial Army. The bulk of the personnel was obtained from the old 1st Durham R.G.A.
(Vol.), at Sunderland, who afterwards became the 142nd Durham Heavy Battery, which went to
France in 1916 the 3rd Northumbrian Brigade, R.F.A., which went to France in 1915, where they
were known as the 252nd Brigade R.F.A. and the Durham R.G.A. It was the first New Territorial
formation in the United Kingdom to reach full strength in N.C.O.'s and men, and had the honour of
winning the Prince of Wales' prize for Medium Artillery in 1923. The Hon. Col. is the Marquis of
Londonderry.
Lieut.-Colonel N. I. E. Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, D.S.O.Commanding 97th (Kent Yeomanry)
Brigade, R.A., expressed his regret that he was unable to organise the sale of our song, and most
generously sent us a cheque from Brigade funds. Other officers who sent us cheques under like circum
stances wereLt.-Colonel E. Rotherham, T.D., 7th Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment, Coventry,
and Lt.-Colonel F. H. Ballentine-Dykes, D.S.O., O.B.E., 5th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Inverness.-Mr. Donald Stuart and Mr. Alexander McKenzie, the Manager of the Scala, took the
matter in hand at very short notice. At the Cinema on Ypres Day Mr. Stuart spoke most effectively
about the League and its aims and objects. He sold the song at the Wesleyan Central Hall, at the
Armistice concert and at the Scala Cinema. The sales were good, and Mr. Stuart again spoke for us.
We should like to mention that we very much appreciated the subscription sent us anonimously by a
soldier's daughter who was in the audience at the Scala Cinema. All the expenses were met by Mr.
Alec. McKenzie, and we were very grateful to him and to Mr. Stuart. With supporters like these the
League will obtain a still stronger position in the New Year.
We feel that our article on Ypres Day may contain many errors and omissions, but
we had considerable difficulty in getting in the returns before going to press, owing to the
fact that The Ypres Times has to be printed before Christmas, so that it can be posted
