Annual Reunion Dinner.
League Secretary's Notes.
THE YPRES TIMES
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THE London County Committee held its Seventh Annual Dinner on May 7th,
at the Royal Hotel, Woburn Place, W.C.i, and a word of thanks is due to
the management for the efficient arrangements. Grace was said by the
Rev. G. H. Woolley, V.C., whom we were very pleased indeed to welcome. After
the toast to His Majesty the King, the company stood for a minute in memory of
"Absent Friends."
The Chairman, Lieut.-General Sir W. P. Pulteney, in proposing the health of
the London County Committee, congratulated them on having brought together
such an estimable company of over one hundred members and friends.
Major E. Montague Jones, in reply, congratulated the members of his com
mittee on their good work, and thanked the sub-committee, with Mr. Boughey as
the mainstay, for the successful arrangements of the Dinner. He spoke of the
Informal Gatherings, the Children's Party, and appealed strongly for the increase
of membership in the London District. The toast to the Chairman was then given,
and Major Jones said: "We are very proud indeed to have Lieut.-General
Sir William Pulteney as our Chairman to-night. We thank him for coming and
for all he has done for the League. He is the Ypres League personified, and I
want you to drink his jolly good health."
Sir William, after a few words of thanks, said: I want you to realize what
has been going on in the town of Ypres and its surroundings, and unless you had
been there lately it would be impossible to realize the difference in the British
Church, the School, and Pilgrim's Room. They form as nice a set of buildings as
can be found anywhere, and we have to congratulate ourselves on having had the
privilege of Sir Reginald Blomfield's great help. There are over two hundred of
the British in and around Ypres with families, and who now enjoy the British
Settlement, where their children are educated. I assure you that what has been
done at Ypres has been well done, and I have letters from parents whose children
have been taught in this school which would make anybody grateful for the rest
of their lives, and it is that which is good for the League.
I hope that many of you will be able to visit Ypres on the anniversary of the
Battle of Messines on June 7th, for the unveiling of the Brasses and Memorials
in the Ypres British Church, in which there are over a hundred."
An adjournment was then made to the dance room, where a most enjoyable
evening was spent until midnight, when a few old war choruses terminated a very
happy reunion.
OBITUARY.
We very much regret to announce the death
of Capt. F. H. Davies, a valued and trusted
member of the Executive Committee since the
inauguration of the Ypres League in 1920. We
wish to express our deepest sympathy with
Mrs. Davies and family in their great bereave
ment.
TO OUR NEW MEMBERS.
We wish to welcome very heartily all who
have joined the League during the last quarter
of the year. Quite a number have enrolled
as the result of taking part in our tours to the
battlefields, and all expressed great satisfaction
in the arrangements made for their comfort.
We were exceedingly pleased to welcome some
