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THE YPRES TIMES
table printed below which shows what our
Bureau has accomplished this year up to date
April 7th-ioth (Easter) Ypres.
May 26th-29th (Whitsuntide) Ypres,
Somme.
June 30thJuly 2ndFree Pilgrimage,
Menin Gate and Tyne Cot Memorials.
August qth-yth (Bank Holiday) Ypres.
Independent Travel76.
Total number of persons for whom travel
arrangements have been made 308.
We are now organizing a Pilgrimage (Novem
ber ioth-i2th) for the opening service on
Armistice Day (November nth) of the Ypres
British Church. Applications are already
coming in at a steady rate and it is anticipated
that many of those interested will avail them
selves of the facilities which we offer. Further
particulars will be found in page 123 of this
issue.
While summer has only just given place to
autumn it may seem premature to wish you all
a very Happy Christmas, but this will be my
only opportunitymay the year which is
waning close happily and cheerily for us all
and let us look forward to 1929 in the spirit
of optimism and hope, backed by the firm
determination to drive the furrow deeply and
straight."
We are pleased to record our thanks to Mr.
H. Benson, M.A., who has contributed more than
one interesting article to our paper in the past,
and another article from whose pen appears on
page 107 of the present issue. Mr. Benson's
kindness is not confined to writing for our
columns. We are indebted to him for much
valuable Press publicity, and his sympathetic
attitude towards our work generally makes him
an ever-welcome visitor at Headquarters.
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 Armentières 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.
OBITUARY.
We very much regret to announce the death
of Captain E. Clive Maskelyne, M.C., late Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, and a life member
of the League. We wish to express our
deepest sympathy with his family in their great
bereavement.
WREATHS ON WAR GRAVES IN FRANCE
AND BELGIUM.
Arrangements are made by the Ypres I.eague
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 prices12s. 6d., 15s. 6d., and 20s.,
according to the size and quality of the wreath.
The above prices 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.
We desire to draw attention to a clerical error
made in the acknowledgment of an article in
the July number of the Ypres Times' entitled
The Flame Attack at Hooge." Major G. V.
Carey's battalion should read 8th R.B., not
7th R.B.
We wish to inform our members that our
representative at Amiens, Capt. Stuart Oswald,
has moved his headquarters to 7 Rue Porte-
Paris. His former office at 42 Rue de Noyon
is now in no way connected with his business.
A very useful map has been prepared by
Capt. Stuart Oswald of the Somme battlefields,
indicating cemetries and memorials, also battle
fronts of July, 1916, 1917, and March 21st, 1918,
and end of March, 1918. Sold from the Head
Office of the League, is. 8d., post free.
7, Rue Porte-Paris, Amiens (Somme), FRANCE.
(ypres league representative)
Private Motor Cars. Moderate Rates.
Cemeteries. Battlefields. General Touring.
Photographs. Wreaths Placed.
Ex-Service Driver-Guides.
Telegrams"Stars, Amiens."
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 repre
sentative (Captain P. D. Parminter).
