STUART OSWALD, M.C..
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The Ypres Times.
Wilkinson (Sheffield Branch), one of the League's
staunchest supporters, for his kind offer to give
our pilgrimages publicity in the local press. We
should welcome other offers of the same kind.
From time to time we enjoy the hospitality of the
Old Comrades Association column in The News
of the World, but we should greatly appreciate
provincial publicity also. May we ask you to
bear this in mind
On May the 19th will be held the Empire Day
Royal Review in Hyde Park, at which H.R.H.
The Duke of York will take the salute, and it is
hoped that the League will be largely represented.
The Ypres League lantern slide lecture has been
much in demand lately. The lecture was com
piled by Colonel G. T. Brierley, a former Secretary
of the League, and now a member of the Executive
Committee. It is gratifying to know that both
the lecture and the slides have proved so success
ful.
In ending this short account of work accom
plished and future events, we would add our best
wishes for a Happy Easter. We ask you to
go some of the way with us in thought as we make
our pilgrimage to the cemeteries and battlefields,
treading again ground which to every Englishman
and Englishwoman will ever be a via sacra,
something peculiarly their own, although in a
foreign land.
EMBROIDERED BADGES.
These badges can be supplied at 4s. each, post
free. A considerable number have already been
sold, and we are delighted to hear that the
badges have given entire satisfaction to our
members who have received them. Applications
to the Secretary.
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YPRES LEAGUE TIE.
The Ypres League Tie is now on sale price
3s. 6d. post free. The tie is made of good quality
silk in a pretty shade of blue, relieved by a narrow-
stripe.
The tie has proved very popular and every
member of the League should wear one. Applica
tions to the Secretary.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF WAR ORAVES.
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 Armentieres areas at the price
of 10s. each. Prices for photographs taken in the
Somme area may be obtained on application.
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.
THE YPRES LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS
AT YPRES.
Members are cordially invited during their stay
at Ypres to visit our Headquarters at No. 19,
Rue Surmont de Volsberghe, where they will
receive a hearty welcome from our representative
(Captain P. D. Parminter).
Here, too, they will find an exoellent library,
comprising the majority of the war and divisional
histories, which are available for the use of all
visitors.
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.
COLOURED WOOL BUTTONHOLES.
We desire to call the attention of our women
readers to these dainty posies in artistic shades of
golden-brown, red, purple, mauve, pink, etc.,
with variegated leaves, so popular at the moment.
These are for sale at Is. 6d. and 2s. each, and will
be gladly sent, post free, to any purchaser for
warding these amounts to the Secretary, Yprea
League, 9, Baker Street, London, W.l.
42, Rue de Noyon, Amiens (Somme), FRANCE.
(yprb3 league representative)
Private Motor Cars. Moderate Rates.
Cemeteries. Battlefields. General Torn in a.
Photocraphs. Wreaths Placrd.
Ex-Service Driver-Guides.
Telegrams: "Stars, Amiens.
