FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HON?LE SIR JOHN DENTON PINKSTAN FRENCH EARLOFYPRES RCKPCCB<MGCV.O-K.CM.G. BORN 1852 DIED 1025 arms, bearing the motto Malo mpri quam foedari," the tablet bears the folllowing inscription This memorial was erected by his friends in memory of Field-Marshal the Right Honble. Sir John Denton Pinkstan French, Earl of Ypres, P.C., K.P., C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., born 1852, died 1925. He commanded the British Army in France from the outbreak of the Great War to December, 1915. His courageous leader ship in front of Ypres helped to save the Allied Forces in the great crisis of the War." Dedication Ceremony. The dedication ceremony was performed by the Dean (Dr. Hewlett Johnson), who was asked by Sir Charles Warde to accept the tablet on behalf of the Cathedral body, in the presence of the vast congregation which had assembled for the Armistice service, and the present Earl of Ypres then placed a wreath of Flanders poppies beneath the tablet. The 15th 19th King's Royal Hussars sent a Trumpet-Major and four trumpeters to sound the Last Post and Reveille after the dedication ceremony. Thus the ceremony was concluded with the most poignant of all forms of military ritual in honour of the dead. Amongst those present in addition to the Earl of Ypres and Sir Charles Warde were Major the Hon. Gerald French, Lady Patricia French, Lieut.-General Sir William Pulteney, Maj.- General Geoffrey White, Col. Stanley Barry (representing the King's Royal Hussars), Col. H. M. Hayward, Lieut.- Col. Moloney, Sir Hugh Weston, Lady Brougham and Vaux, Lady Violet Beaumont, Capt. Ralph V1'1 the The above photograph is copyright and reproduced by kind permission Hon. Mrs. IvO' Carr-Greig, 0f Mr_ a. F. Kersting, 37, Frewin Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W.18, and Mrs. Vyvyan Drury. an(i courtesy of "The rimes" THIS MEMORIALWAS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS IN MEMORY OF He comnwndedtfiieBritish Army in France fnr>m the outbreak of the Great-Worto Decemberl9f 5 His courageous leadership in front of Ypres helfyed to save the Allied Forres in the great crisis - of the War - THE YPRES TIMES

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