THE YPRES TIMES
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UNDER ideal weather conditions, the party
left Victoria Station on the morning of
May 26th, and after a pleasant journey
reached Ostend in good time. By train to
Ypres was a bit slow, owing to a stop of forty-
five minutes at Cortemarck, but the hotel was
reached about 7.30, and soon afterwards we
were enjoying an excellent and much appre
ciated meal. Afterwards, the Menin Gate
Memorial and various places of interest in the
vicinity were visited.
Sunday morning was spent by some in
visiting cemeteries, under the care of Mr. W.
Parminter, of the Wipers Auto Service, whilst
others sought out places well known to them
during the war. After lunch, most of the
party went on the half-day trip round the
Salient, which was of great interest. Our first
halt was made at the Canadian Memorial at
St. Julien, the scene of the Canadian stand
during the first German gas attack in April,
1915. Thence to Tyne Cot Cemetery, where
12,000 soldiers, mostly unknown, are buried, SHELL-TORN CRUCIFIX AT
and 35,000 who have no known grave are NEUVE CHAPELLE.
commemorated. From Tyne Cot along the
Passchendaele Ridge, through Becelaere to the Menin Road, Gheluvelt and Hooge
(the scene of desperate conflict), Hooge Crater Cemetery and Sanctuary Wood to
Hill 62, where a fine view of the surrounding country is obtained from another
Canadian Memorial situated there. A short stay there and back to Hell Fire
Corner, through Zillebeke to Hill 60, with its craters, shell holes and dug-outs, and
then back to the hotel via Lille Gate. The evening was spent as one wished.
MEMORIAL TO INDIAN MISSING AT
NEUVE CHAPELLE.
HILL 60 CRATER.
At 9.30 next morning we set off on a trip to Arras, passing St. Eloi craters, to
Wytschaete and Messines, where a short walk was made at the memorial on
Messines Ridge, which has just been completed. Through Neuve Eglise to
Armentières and Fleurbaix, then to Neuve Chapelle, where a halt was made at tRe
