THE YPRES TIMES
238
billet." And so back to Ypres and to dinner, dropping some of the party at Lock 8,
where they wanted to explore a little further.
At 8.45 p.m. we
assembled at the Menin
Gate where a short service
was held, the "Last Post"
was sounded, and two
wreaths were laid on
behalf of all ranks of the
Battery and their friends.
The grandeur of the
Memorial and the 55,000
names around us - includ
ing some well known and
loved has created a
memory which none of
the party will ever forget.
It was strange to wander
back to the hotel through
the peaceful streets where
once all was desolation
and death.
Monday morning we Photo]
each did our own explor
ing, the local War
Museum being well worth
a visitand after an early lunch we
[G. C. Crispin (Press Photo Co.)
AT TYNE COT MEMORIAL
set off for Sanctuary Wood. There we inspected
the trenches that still
remain on the slope of
Mount Sorrel. The view
from the Canadian Mem
orial on the top was
beautiful, and not a
single she 11-burst to be
seen. Marvellous 1
From there we made
our final pilgrimage to
Tyne Cot cemetery, which
is situated close to the
village of Passchendaele,
and where the names of
the two Corporals who
were killed in the O.P.
at Wytschaete, already
referred to, were found
amongst the 38,000
names of the missing
commemorated in this
beautiful tribute, to the
fallen. The two undem-
olished pill-boxes afford a
striking contrast to the well kept graves grouped around them which are a constant
reminder, of the sacrifice necessary to capture them.
Photo]
[G. C. Crispin (Press Photo Co.)
AT HILL 63 (CANADIAN MEMORIAL)
