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Ypres visit - 5th Oct 2013

By Frank Barretta
Early meet at Purley station
Menin Gate 1 (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Menin Gate 1 (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Noel Chavasse (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Noel Chavasse (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Private K G Cumming (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Private K G Cumming (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Tyne Cot (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Tyne Cot (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Tyne Cot (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Ypres Cathedral (courtesy Seamus Burke)
(courtesy Seamus Burke)
Ypres Cloth Hall (courtesy Seamus Burke)
(courtesy Seamus Burke)
Ypres Informal Group (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Ypres St Georges Chapel (courtesy Seamus Burke)
Ypres St Georges Chapel (courtesy Seamus Burke)
All gathered around before Mick McLoughlin took the register!
Arriving at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery where former Clapham College pupil K G Cummings is buried.
Walk way to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
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Looking for the headstone of K G Cummings
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Former Clapham College pupil Private K G Cummings - East Surrey Regiment - 24th July 1918.
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Former Clapham College pupil Private K G Cummings - East Surrey Regiment - 24th July 1918.
Paying our respects
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Paying our respects
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Our guide for the day Mick McLoughlin standing by the grave of Captain N G Chavasse - Royal Army Medical Corps 4th August 1917 - A truly heroic and fascinating story.
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Captain N G Chavasse - the only man to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice during the First World War.
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Back to Ypres for some refreshments
The beautiful town of Ypres
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Now to Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient.
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Back to the The Menin Gate in time for the "Last Post" ceremony
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Crowds gather for the "Last Post" ceremony
Alex Barker, 14 year old son of Clapham Old boy Michael Barker, was the youngest member of our group. He along with Chairman, David Leathem and Harry Mellor (the oldest Old boy traveling with us) went on to lay our wreath.
Chairman David Leathem, Alex Barker (14 year old son of Clapham Old boy Michael Barker),and Harry Mellor (the oldest Old boy traveling with us) just before the "Last Post" ceremony where they laid our wreath.
Every evening at 20:00, buglers from the local fire brigade close the road which passes under the memorial and sound the "Last Post"
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A choir sings beautifully during the ceremony.
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Alex Barker, Harry Mellor, David Leathem
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In memory of our fallen friends from Clapham Old Xaverians 5th October 2013 - Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt

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