Ypres Day—31st October, 1938.
THE YPRES TIMES
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of peace, has always discouraged any attempt to submerge the individual in the
vast impersonal State. Our State had to mass itself, but it never forgot the
individual; it recognized the contribution of the individual to the great cause to
which each had dedicated himself for the whole. Never, indeed, in the history of
this country has the individual stood higher. His name has been engraved on
innumerable memorials in almost every nook and cranny of the world, thereby
enveloping the humblest private and his immediate kinsfolk with something of the
tradition which has always surrounded men banded together for a great purpose,
like King Arthur's Knights or the Crusaders.
This sense of individuality in high and noble service cannot fail to foster good
citizenship in future generations, and that probably will be ultimately the most
valuable legacy of the Great War.
On the occasion of the
Great British Legion Pil
grimage on August 8th the
I eague laid on the Menin
Gate a wreath (a photograph
of which is here reproduced)
composed of roses, gladioli
and palms, and bearing the
following inscription In
memory of the Glorious
Dead, from the Ypres
League."
It also issued gratis a
descriptive and historical
guide of Ypres and the
neighbourhood, which was
distributed to the pilgrims by
the kind courtesy of the
British Legion authorities.
Members of the Ypres League and their friends are invited to join in the
Annual Ceremony at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, on Wednesday, October 3ISC T92^>
at 3.45 p.m. They may take up their positions on the pavement on the river side
in two ranks facing the Cenotaph, assembling individually not later than 3.15 p.m.
Members are requested not to leave the pavement during the Ceremony. It is
hoped that H.R.H. Princess Beatrice will again graciously consent to lay the
League wreath at the Cenotaph, after which a wreath will be placed on the tomb
of the Unknown Warrior.
Medals and badges may be worn, but not uniform.
