The Ypres League

Princess Beatrice, a mother bereaved when her son was killed at Ypres, was a patron of the League

The Ypres League was a British World War I veterans and remembrance society. It was founded on 28 September 1920 to act as a brotherhood for veterans of the battles of the Ypres Salient, to remember those who died there, and to aid pilgrims traveling to the battlefields. It later became an incorporated society, based in London.[1] It produced a quarterly newsletter and a guide book to Ypres, and provided a variety of services to its members, including specially designed membership certificates. It also worked to successfully erect a memorial church at Ypres. International branches were established, and the League celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1930. Publication of its newsletter continued well into the 1930s, and branches were still active in the 1940s.[2]

  1. ^ The Ypres League, Aftermath - when the boys came home, accessed 16/01/2010
  2. ^ Legion Log, The Montreal Gazette - 4 September 1947, page 6

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