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THE YPRES TIMES
New members have come in steadily through
out the year, but we would like all our repre
sentatives at home and abroad to make bigger
efforts in the New Year to swell the membership.
1930 is, as you are all aware, the tenth anniver
sary of the Ypres League, and with your help
we want to make it a record year in every
department. Membership is the most important.
If only every member of the League could
enrol one relative or friend each year they
would be doing a great service.
A tabulated list of last year's pilgrimages
were given in the October edition of The Ypres
Times. This year a similar programme will
be organized (see leaflet enclosed), with the
exception of the usual Whitsuntide pilgrimages
to the Somme, as past years have proved that
travel to that battle-front is mostly individual.
We are also looking forward to have the
pleasure of arranging two tours for Regimental
Associations to Ypres and Arras respectively,
and in August, members of the Whaley Bridge
Branch of the British Legion are making a
tour of some of the battle-fields of France and
Belgium under our auspices.
Our free pilgrimage to Ypres will take place
on the first Saturday in July, but our pil
grimage funds are getting exhausted, and Mrs.
Briggs, our staunch Corresponding Member for
Broadstairs, organized a Lantern Lecture on
October 30th, when a collection was made and
the entire proceeds given in aid of the Ypres
League Fund for defraying expenses of poor
mothers and wives to the graves of their fallen
sons and husbands. We are indeed most
grateful to Mrs. Briggs, and we hope that
other interested members will follow her generous
example.
An announcement of Capt. J. Wilkinson's
Sheffield Branch activities will be found in
Branch Notes. Messrs. C. H. Green and George
Lawson are now registered as our joint Corre
sponding Members for Queensland, Australia,
and we are grateful for their immense interest
in promoting the aims and objects of the League.
Mr. George Lawson proposes to call on our
representatives in other Australian States, and
discuss with them their activities and possible
linking-up the interests of the League throughout
the Commonwealth. We are sure that Mr.
Lawson will receive a hearty welcome from our
Corresponding Members and will be granted
every facility. We shall anxiously await the
result of his mission.
We are desirous to thank the London County
Committee for their very excellent work through
out the year, and many new members have been
the outcome of their activities. They are
determined to make this anniversary year a
record, and we trust that all Branch Secretaries
and Corresponding Members, as well as every
individual member, will join them in achieving
this aim. With renewed good wishes to you
all for 1930.
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).
WREATHS.
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 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.
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.
MODELS OF DEMARCATION STONE.
Plaster models of the Demarcation Stone can
be supplied from Head Office.
All members are aware that 240 granite
demarcation stones stretch from the Swiss
border to the sea, marking the extreme line of
advance of the German invasion.
The model, which is 6 inches in height, may
be used for a paperweight or as an ornament.
Price 5s., post free, in United Kingdom.
Applications to the Secretary, Ypres League.
