2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Easter Tour to Ypres.
THE YPRES TIMES
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battlefield, and a visit is strongly recommended to those who have not already
been there. An excellent account was given of the situation, as it appeared to the
enemy, prior to the battle. It would be clear to anyone standing now at this
point how nearly the Germans achieved success. For had they been able to press
forward their attack on the important railway junction of Hazebrouck, the evacua
tion of the Salient would have become inevitable.
Vieux Berquin was the next stop, and from here the detailed story of the
famous stand by the 4th Guards Brigade was described. This completed the tour,
and the party then entrained at Hazebrouck en route for England.
Battlefield tours are now frequently carried out by officers, and form an
important part in their annual training. Many valuable lessons may be learnt
from these tours, and, above all, those who carry away with them the lesson that
human nature plays the most important part in war, will not have attended in vain.
A PARTY of fifty-one
officers, non-com-
missioned officers,
men and past members of
the Regiment visited
Ypres for the express
purpose of unveiling a
Memorial Tablet in the
British Church at Ypres,
to the memory of the
1,345 officers and men who
lost their lives in the war;
also to commemorate the
part played by the four
Battalions of the Regi
ment in the Great War,
1914-1918. The party left
London on the Good Fri
day morning, and after a
most pleasant journey
reached ores at y p m
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On the Saturday we made
an early start by charabanc UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET,
to visit the many places
of interest in and around Ypres. I have, in the past, described the many places well
worth visiting, but for those who contemplate visiting Ypres I would recommend
their going to the Tyne Cot Cemetery (the largest British Cemetery), Sanctuary
Wood, the Canadian Memorial nearby and Hill 60. For the members of the 2nd
London Regiment the most interesting spot was Glencorse Wood, where, on August
16th, 1917, the Regiment of some 500 strong made an attack through this wood to
