The Ypres Times.
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WHAT THE LEAGUE HAS DONE-
(1) Organised inexpensive travel and hotel
accommodation for pilgrims to the Salient
and War Graves.
(2) Established Headquarters and a Rest Room
at Ypres (19 Rue Surmont de Volsberghe).
(3) Published The Ypres Times quarterly for
four years.
(4) Published Maps of the Salient and Cemeteries.
(5) Erected seven granite Pylons in the Ypres
Salient to mark the extreme German
advance
1. On the St. Jean Wiltje Road, leading
to Shell Trap Farm.
2. Near Potijze on the Zonnebeke Road.
3. Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road.
4. The railway crossing by the Zillebeke
River on the Hill 60 road.
5. Near Trois Rois on the Lille Road.
6. A point near Voormezeele on the
Kemmel Road.
7. Near Vierstraat on the Kemmel Road.
(6) Given assistance and advice to ex-soldiers
over employment and pensions, etc.
(7) Commemorated Ypres Day on October 31st
at home and abroad.
(8) Held re-unions of members in London and
the provinces.
(9) Maintained cordial relations with dwellers
on the battlefields.
(10) Organised a Junior Division.
(11) Published a guide book called The Immortal
Salient now in the third edition.
The Immortal Salient has been compiled
with the assistance of the War Office
and the Historical Section of the Committee
of Imperial Defence. It provides a historical
record with maps, in addition to being a
complete guide to the Salient of Ypres.
(Publishers, John Murray). To be obtained
from the Ypres League, price 5/- post
free, 5s. 4d.
(12) Erected forty signboards marking the
following historic spots in the Salient
Polygon Wood La Plus Douve
Nonne Bosschen Bulgar Wood
Glencorse Wood Bass Wood
Railway Wood Stone Wood
Iron Cross Roads Battle Wood
Somme Maple Copse
Gallipoli Zouave Wood
Beck House Birr Cross Roads
Abraham Heights Hell Fire Corner
J olting Houses Shrapnel Corner
Cameron House Observatory Wood
Gheluvelt Wood Black Watch Corner
Tower Hamlets Y Wood
Inverness Copse Kansas Cross Roads
Clapham Junction Polderhoek Chateau
Stirling Castle FitzClarence Farm
Dumbarton Wood Kitchener's Wood
Bodmin Copse Mouse Trap Farm
Clonmell Copse Hill 60
Shrewsbury Forest Dawson's Corner
The League is now compiling The Ypres
Book of Valour, a history of notable deeds
contributed by all regiments.
A scheme is also under consideration for a
Memorial belfry in the Salient.
WREATHS ON WAR GRAVES IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM.
Arrangements are made by the Ypres League
to place wreaths for relatives on the graves of
British soldiers situated in France and Belgium
at the following times of the year
EASTER, ARMISTICE DAY, CHRISTMAS.
The wreaths may be composed of natural
flowers, laurel or holly, and can be bought at
the following prices 12s. 6d., 15s. 6d., and 20s.,
according to the size and quality of the wreath.
The above prices to include placing on the grave
and one unmounted photograph and negative,
post card size, which will be sent to the relative,
showing the wreath in position. For wreaths
placed at the request of relatives on special dates,
other than Easter, Armistice Day and Christmas,
an extra charge will be necessary, according to the
location of the grave.
Applications for wreaths should be sent to the
Secretary, together with remittance, giving the
regimental particulars of the soldier, name of
cemetery, and number of plot, row and grave.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF WAR GRAVES.
The Ypres League has made arrangements
whereby it is able to supply photographs (nega
tive, and one print, post card size, unmounted) of
graves situated in the Ypres Salient, and in the
Hazebrouck and Armentierès areas at the price
of 10s. each.
All applications for photographs should be sent
to the Secretary, together with remittance, giving
the regimental particulars of the soldier, name of
cemetery, and number of plot, row and grave.
MEMBERSHIP OF rtlE LEAGUE.
This is open to all who served in the Salient,
and to all those whose relatives or friends died
there, in order that they may have a record of
that service for themselves and their descendants,
and belong to the comradeship of men and women
who understand and remember all that Ypres
meant in suffering and endurance.
Life membership £2 10s. Annual members, s.
Special charges are made to those who cannot
afford the 5s. subscription.
Do not let the fact of your not having served
in the Salient deter you from joining the Ypres
League. Those who have neither fought in the
Salient nor lost relatives there, but who are in
sympathy with the objects of the Ypres League,
are admitted to its fellowship, but are not given
scroll certificates.
There is also a J unior Division to which children
or near relatives of those who served in the
Salient have a right to belong. Annual Sub
scription, 1/- up to the age of 18, after which
they can become ordinary members of the
League.
