Informal Gatherings
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THE YPRES TIMES
Lieut.-General Sir William Pulteney, after
welcoming the Military Attachés, expressed his
personal regret that the Belgian Ambassador was
unable to attend and concluded his address with
some interesting remarks on the Memorial Rose
Window which is to be erected in St. Martin's
Cathedral at Ypres in memory of the late King
Albert of the Belgians.
During the short interval, opportunity was
afforded many to renew old acquaintance
and relate reminiscences of the stirring time
spent together in those far-off days. Continuing
the programme, various turns were alternated
with musical selections ably rendered by the
Stewart-Carter Octet," under direction of
Mr. J. A. Shepherd. These musicians offered
their services again when it became known that
the Enfield College of Music Orchestra was
prevented for the first time from performing at
this particular function owing to the illness of
their Conductor, Mrs. Doris Lee Peabody. After
the sounding of the Last Post," Captain H. D.
Peabody, D.C.M., recited Laurence Binyon's
To The Fallen," which was followed by the
Reveille."
An extremely pleasant evening closed about
11 p.m. with the assembly joining lustily in
Community Singing of well-known war-time
choruses, an item that is always most popular
in these programmes.
Hearty congratulations are extended to those
responsible for the arrangements of such an
excellent entertainment, and most of those
present must have felt that it is a jolly good
thing for us, the almost forgotten old warriors,
that there still exists a link with those epic
times of 1914 to 1918 in the form of the Ypres
League.
Please book these dates in your Diary.
THE MONTHLY
will be held at
THE BEDFORD HEAD HOTEL,
MAIDEN LANE, STRAND, W.C.2
on
THURSDAY, 16th JANUARY, 1936.
Talk by Brig.-General A. Burt, C.M.G.,
D.S.O.
THURSDAY, 20th FEBRUARY, 1936.
Programme by the St. Dunstan's Concert
Party.
THURSDAY, 19th MARCH, 1936.
Programme to be arranged.
THURSDAY, 16th APRIL, 1936.
Illustrated Talk by Captain H. D. Peabody,
D.C.M.
From 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Members are earnestly requested to advertise
these Informal Gatherings as much as possible.
Give the year a good send-off by attending our
next Gathering on Thursday, January 16th,
when you and your friends may be sure of a
hearty welcome and a pleasant evening.
SHEFFIELD BRANCH.
The Fourth Festival of Remembrance was
held at the City Hall, Sheffield, on Armistice
Day, and arranged by the Sheffield and District
Joint Council of Ex-Servicemen's Associations.
A large audience included the Master and
Mistress Cutler (Sir Samuel and Lady Roberts),
Captain Matt Sheppard presided and was
supported by Lieut.-Colonel A. N. Lee and
Canon W. A. Baker (Rector of Handsworth).
On the terraced platform seats were repre
sentatives of serving units The Navy, Terri
torials, Ex-Servicemen's Associations, which
included members of the Ypres League, Sheffield
Branch, headed by Captain Jack Wilkinson, who
were joined by the Chesterfield Sub-Branch,
Ambulance workers and others.
The second part of the programme was given
over to a delightful entertainment by the
Roosters Concert Party, who have acquired
national fame from small beginning in the
Balkans in 1917. Their show comprised some
humorous sketches of life in the Army.
COLCHESTER DISTRICT BRANCH.
Armistice Day Memorial Service.
The Service was held at the Cenotaph, Col
chester, on November 11th, and the Chairman,
Lieut-Colonel H. W. Herring, M.C., in company
with a representative party of the Branch,
placed a wreath on the Memorial bearing the
following inscription In proud memory.
From the Colchester and District Branch of the
Ypres League." Prayer was said by The Right
Rev. The Lord Bishop of Colchester, M.A., D.D.
an address by The Right Worshipful The Mayor,
Councillor The Rev. F. E. Macdonald Docker,
M.A., B.D. (Hon. Chaplain to the Forces) The
Last Post and Reveille sounded by the
Buglers of the 2nd Battn. The Somerset Light
Infantry the Band of the 2nd Battn. The
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ac
companied the hymns and the Benediction
was given by the Rev. L. J. Tizard, B.A.„
B.D., B.Litt.
