The "last post" is played
in a moving ceremony every evening. vfe version | info
A service is held every evening at the Menin Gate Memorial to remember
the fallen soldiers.
It started initially in July 1928 and has been held every night since
!929 (excepting during part of WW2).
Watch the "Last Post" ceremony at the
Menin Gate, Ypres. [ Click here ]
Memorial panels with the names of the fallen soldiers on the Menin
Gate
Panel 8 to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. (note the name Baylis
is mis-spelt)
It is not certain if this is the correct Hary Baylis
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Poem by John McCrae (1872-1918) - written on 3rd May 1915
Flanders Fields looking from the Tyne Cot memorial towards Friezenberg, Potijze
and Ypres (Ieper). (photo 2004)
Ypres Salient - May 1915
"Shell Trap Farm" c.1915 (also known as Mousetrap Farm) close to where Harry Baylis was before he was killed.
"Shell Trap Farm" (Mousetrap Farm) in 2015 [ see link ]
Royal Warwickshire Regmt. company records extract for around the 11th May 2015
Royal Warwickshire Regmt. graves of 9259 Joseph Fitzgerald (left) and 3035 Allen Yapp (right) at La Creche near Armentieres - May 2015 [ see report ]
Armentieres - May 2015
Armentieres - May 2015
"National Roll of the Great War"
- Birmingham Edition
This "National Roll" entry (which was probably submitted by family members) now appears to be incorrect as Harry Baylis appears to have disembarked to France/Belgium on the 4th May 1915, after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
This is the entry taken from the book "National Roll of the Great War"
- Birmingham Edition
(which can be found on the 6th Floor of the Birmingham Central Library).
Bayliss H. Private, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
He volunteered in September 1914, and on completing his training
in the following year was drafted to France. In this theatre
of war he took part in several engagements including the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle.
He was killed in action on March 11th, 1915 (the date should be
11th May 1915). and was entitled
to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory medals.
(Note. The date is incorrect and should be
11th May 1915. Also the name should be Baylis.)
The above information kindly retrieved by Terry Carter.
Below is Enos
Albert Masters who married Ellen Elizabeth Baylis, the daughter of the
late Harry Baylis.
a young Enos Albert Masters (son in-law of Harry Baylis)
Ronald William Masters
the son of
Enos Albert Masters
and Ellen Baylis
