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PAGE MESSAGE FROM FIELD-MARSHAL EARL HAIG s-6 DIARY AND PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR 7-59 BRITISH CoNsTITUTION . . THE RoYAL NAVY •• • • THE BRITISH ARMY •• . . THE RoYAL AIR FoRCE., TANKS AND MERCANTILE MARINE 64 BRITISH DoMINIONS 65/2 CROWN COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES 73-77 BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE 78-8o ST. GEORGE's (EMPIRE SERVICE) CLuB 8I PRINCIPAL STEAMSHIP LINES TO THE DOMINIONS 82-83 POSTAL INFORMATION •• 84-85 PRINCIPAL SPORTING EVENTS, 1924 86 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, &c. 87-end of book

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GRAND PRESIDENT-BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE. JANUARY, 924.

General Sir Douglas Haig promoted Field-Marshal. 1917. 1st, Tuesday

Germans defeated at Yaunde, in Cameroons, by Gen. Dobell's force, 1916. ~Wednesday

French Advance in Champagne, 1915. Government arms Merchant Ships, 1917. 3rd, Thursday

First attempt to relieve K ut, 1916. 4th, Friday

German attacksJ...East af Bullet:ourt. 1918. 5th, Saturday

7 JANUARY, 1924.

H.M.S. " King Edward" sunk by mine, 1916. British daylight raid near Arras, 1911. 6th, Sunday ·

Turks defeated at Sheik-Saad (Palestine), 1916. 7th, Monday

Cape Helles (Gallipoli) evacuated, 1916. Ypres heavily shelled, 1917. 8th, Tuesday

Battle of Kut. British Victory at Rafa (Gaza). over Turks, 1917. H.M.S . ., Cornwallis" torpedoed, 1917. 9th, Wednesday

Turks advance on Suez Canal, 1915. lOth, Thursday

· Operations East of Beaumont Hamel (A ncre). Seventh Division attack. 1917. 11th, Friday

Turks iHvade Persia, 191~ 12th, Saturday

8 JANUARY, 1924.

Canadian raid North of Lens, 1918. 13th, Sunday

· South Africans occupy Swakopmund, 1915. German Destroyers bombard Yarmouth, 1918. 14th, Monday

British bomb Metz, 1918. Sharp fighting between Aisne and on Argonne, on French front , 1917. 15th, Tuesday

Admiral of the Fleet (Earl Beatty) born, 1871. 16th, Wednesday

Germans defeated by Russians at Dvinsk. 1916. 17th, Thursday

German Attack on ( Yasinlbegins (East Afrit;a), 1915.J : 18th, Friday

First Zeppelin air raid on England, 1915. 19th. Saturday

9 JANUARY, 1924.

Naval action, Dardanelles, 1915. 20th, Sunday

Turks, and mud, defeat us at : um-El-Hama.~ 1916. 21st, Monday

Heavy fighting in the Argonne, 1915. German destroyers scattered by British in North Sea, 1917. 22nd, Tuesday

German attack near N euville St. Vasst (Arras), 1916. 23rd, Wednesday

Naval Battle off the Dogger Bank-German cruiser, " Blucher," sunk, 1915. 24th, Thursday

Givenchy, 1915. 25th, Friday

Fighting at Le Tra.nsloy (Somme)~ 1917. 26th. Saturday

IO January--February, 1924.

Turks on Suez Canal, 1915. 27~ Sunday

Big air raid on London, 1918. 28th, Monday

! German attack on Cuinchy, 1915. Another air raid on London. 1918. 29th, Tuesday

Fourteen tons of bombs dropped on Paris, 1918. :30th, Wednesday

~ Big air raid on England, 1916. Policy of "unrestricted naval warfare" announced by Germany, 1917. 31st, Thursday

Guards' (Fourth Brigade) success at Givenchy, 1915. FEBRUARY. 1st, Friday

Americans in Front Line for the first time, 1918. 2nd, Saturday

II FEBRUARY, 1924.

Turks attempt to cross Suez Canal, 1915. 3rd, Sunday

Heavy fighting round Beaucourt, 1917. 4th, Monday

British enter Senussi country f(Egypl), 1917. S.S. •• Tuscania" (carrying U.S. Troops) sunk by submarine, 1918. 5th, Tuesday

British advance at Grandcourt,"!.on the A ncre, 1917. 6th. Wednesday

Big GermanJattack in the Argonne, 1915. 7th, Thursday

Sixty-third (Naval) Division oceupy Grandcourt (Ancre), 1917. S.S. "Calzfornia" to~pedoed, 1917. 8th. Friday

Gordon Highlanders at Butte de Warlencourt (Somme), 1917. 9~ Saturda;v

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FEBRUARY, 1924.

Servian Army arrives at Corfu, 1917. Turkish trenches west of Kut, stormed, 1917. lOth, Sunday

Thirty-second Division attacked on the A ncre, 1917. 1-/.M.S . ., Arethusa" sunk... by mine in North Sea. 1916. 11th, Monday

Fighting at Passchendaele ( Ypres), 1918. 12th, Tuesday

First neulral ships (Swedish) sunk without warning Genna submarine, 1915.. 13th, Wednesday

German destroyers raid on the Straits of Dover. 1917. 14~ Thursday

Capture of Erzeroum by Russians from Turks, 1916. 15th, Friday

Great French attack in Champagne, 1915. 16th. Saturday FEBRUARY, 1924.

Fighting on the A ncre-2nd, 18th and 63rd Divisions attack, 1917. 17th, Sunday

British entirely occupy Cameroons, 1916. 18th, Monday

British naval attack on Dardanelles, 1915.. 19th9 Tuesday

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- German attack on the Yser (Belgium). 1916. 20th, Wednesday

First Battle of Verdun begun, Germans attack, 1916. British:._occupy Jericho, 1918. 21st, Thursday

Bombardment of Rheims, 1915. .. 22nd; Friday .

Continued German successes at Verdun, 1916. 1917. K ut re-occupied by British, ·- - 23rd, Saturday

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Outer Forts of Dardanelles reduced, 1915. Battle of Kut ends, 1917. 24th, Sunday

------1 Germans capture Douaumont (Verdun), 1916. Australian success at Ligny Thilloy. 1917. 25th, Monday

Sen ussi defeated (Egypt), 1916. Liquid fire first used by Germans on Western Front, 1915. 26th, Tuesday

British take Gommecourt (A ncre), 1917. 27th, Wednesday

British tak' Puisieux and Sailly-Sail/isel (Ancre), 1917. 28th, Thursday

Naval encounter in North Sea, 1916. 29th, Friday

H eavy fighting near Grodno, 1916. Germans defeat Russians. MARCH. 1st, Saturday

15 MARCH,

Great German effort at Verdun, 1916. 2nd, Sunday

Fighting on the Ancre, Puisieux and Warlencourt, 1917. Russia out of the war. 1918. Peace signed between Bolshevik Government and : Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk, 1918. 3rd, Monday

- Second phase of Verdun-Germans repulsed, 1916. 4th, Tuesday

British advance towards Bapaume (Ancre), 1917. 5th, Wednesday

Naval attack on Dardanelles. 1915. 6th, Thursday

General Smuts' advance on Kilimanjaro (German East Africa). 1916. 7th, Friday

Heavy attack on Ypres, 1918. I ~ British repulsed before Kut, 1916. Heavy attack on Ypres, 1918. 8th, Saturday MARCH, 1924.

Germany declares War on Portugal, 191.6. 53rd Division defeat Turks at Tel-Asur, 1918. 9th, Sunday

Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Indian and 4th Corps attack, 1915. l.Oth, Monday

Baghdad captured by Gen. Maude's force, ·1917. 11th, Tuesday

Loupart Waod captured (A ncre), 1917. 12~ Wednesday

French successes in Champagne, 1915. ·. · 13th, Thursday

Germans attack at St. Eloi, 1915. Germans retreat to Hindenburg Line, 1917. 14th, Friday

Canadians in action for first time. Heavy fighting at St. Eloi ( Ypres), 1915. 15th, Saturday

.B I] MARCH, 1924.

British continued advance on Somme, 1917. 16th, Sunday

Second' Australian Division occupies Bapaume. 1917. 17th, Monday

H.M.S . ., I"~sistibl~/' 11 Ocean ,. and " Bouvet., (Fren·ch) sunk in the Dardanelles, l9t5. Forty-eighth Division occupies Peronne, 1917. 18th, Tuesday

Somme advance conti1rues (170 villages captured in three days), 1917. 19th, Wednesday

Hospital ship. " Asturias/' torpedoed,. 1917. 20th, Thursday

Great German offensive on Somme. on a fifty-mile front. opens-Battle of St. Quentilf, Bullecourt, Lagnicourt and Noreuil, 1918. 21st, Friday •

Russians capture Przemysl, 1915. Heavy fighting round St. Quentin, 1918. 22nd, Saturday

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Germans capture Monchy-le-Preux (4th Arras), 1918. Twenty-fourth Division defend Le Vergnier, 1918. 23rd, Sunday

S.S. •• Sussex" (Captain Fryatt) torpedoed, 1918. First battle of Bapaume begins, 1918. 24th, Monday

Germans capture Bapaume (4th Arrps). 1918. 25th, Tuesday

First Battle of Gaza, 1917. Whippet tanks first used on Western Front, 1918. 26th, Wednesday

Second Battle of St. Eloi ( Ypres), 1916. Germans take Albert. Montdidier and Sailly-le-Sec ( 12 miles from A miens}, 1918. 27th, Thursday

German attack on Arras and Vimy Ridge (4th Arras) repulsed by 4th, 56th.Cuards, Third and Fifteenth Divisions, 1918. I 28th, Friday

Canadians in heavy fighting near St. Eloi, 1916. 29th, Saturday

I9 March-April, 1924.

Marshal Foch Generalissimo, 1918. Bi'g Bertha first shelled Paris. 30th, Sunday

British adva nee North of St. Quentin, 191 7. 31st, Monday

British capture Savy and Savy Wood, 1917. Royal Air Force established, 1918. APRIL, 1st, Tuesday

British captur_e ,C_roiss(lli(S, 1917. 2nd, Wednesday

British capture Henin-Sur-Cojeul. 1917. 3rd, Thursday

The Battle of the Avre, 1918. 4th, Friday

Germans again attack on Somme (Bucquoy}, 1918. 5th, Saturday

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• APRIL, 1924.

Bombardment of Smyrna, 1916. U.S.A. declares War on Germany, 1917. 6th, Sunday

British advance North of St. Quentin, 1917. 7th, Monday

Albert, King of the Belgians, born, 1875. 8th, Tuesday

Battle of Sanna-i-yat (Iraq), 1916. Battle of Arras. 1917. Canadians capture Vimy Ridge, 1917. 9th, Wednesday

British advance continued, 1917, on Western Front. German attack on the Lys (Fourth Ypres commenced), Portuguese retreat# 1918. 10th, Thursday

British capture M onchy-le-Preu x (Arras), 1917. - The Guards at Vieux-Berquin, 1918 (4th Ypres). 11th, Friday

British further advance East of Arras. Capture of Wancourt, 1917. Twenty-fifth Division hold Neuve Eglise ( Ypres), 1918. 12th, Saturday

2I APRIL, 924.

Haig's 01·der of the Day, I9I8._ : H Many ampngst us now are tired.'' •• • • • c;c; W"ith our backs to the wall, each one of us must fight to the end., 13th~ Sunday

British Airmen raid Constantinqple, 1917 ~ F_ighting on Vimy Ridge, 1917. 14th, Monday

,Australians at Lagnicourt, 1917. 15th, Tuesday

British (Thirteenth Brigade) capture Hill 60 ( Ypres}, 1915. S econd Battle of the Aisne. Great French advance .begins 1917. 16th, Wednesday

German attack on Verdlf.n, 1916. S econd Battle of Gaza begins, 1917. First battle of Kemme/ Ridge begins, 1918. 17th, Thursday

Battle of Bethune, 1918. 18th, Friday

South Africans occupy Koudou-lrangi, 1916. Fighting at Robecq, 1918. 19th~ Saturday

22 APRIL, 1924.

Destroyers fight off Hetigoland, 1917. H.M.S . .. Broke" and ~~ Swift" chase six German destroyers and sink two. 20th, Sunday

Fighting at Fampoux (Arras). 1915. 21st. Monday

Canadians stand against first German gas attack (Second Ypres), 1915. 22nd, Tuesday

Second Battle of the Scarpe, 1917. Naval Attack on Zeebrugge, 1918. St. George's Day. 23rd, Wednesday

Battle of St. julien, 1915. Gavrelle, Guemappe (Arras), 1917. Australians capture Villers Bretonneux (Somme), 1918. 24th, Thursday

Anzac Day. Australian and New Zealand Divisions land on Gallipoli, 1915. British (Twenty-ninth Division) and French land at Cape Helles, 1915. 25th, Friday

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German Naval Raid on Ramsgate. 1917. Germans capture K emmel from French (Fourth Ypres), 1918.- 26th, Saturday

23 April-May, 1924.

H.M.S. •• Russell" sunk by mine, 1916. 27th, Sunday

First battle of Krithia (Gallipoli); 1916. Heavy fighting at Arleux (Arras), 1917. 28th, Monday

Turks capture Kut-el-Amara_ 1916. 29th, Tuesday

Ar/gu)O captured by Canadians (Arras}, 1917. 80th, Wednesday

German attack from Messines Ridge defeated ( Ypres), 191E. MAY, 1st, Thursday

Great battle commenced around Arras (Third Scarp), 1917. 2nd, Friday

British 2nd, 4th and 18th, Ca1Jadian 1st and Australian 2nd Divisions z n Hindenberg Line (Third Scarpe), 1917. 3rd, Saturday MAY - 1924. ' - Germans capture Zonnebeke and We.sthoek ( Ypres), 1915. 4th, Sunday

French clear centre of Chemin Des Dames of Germans, 1917. Battle of Vardar# 1917. 5th, Monday

Second Battle of Krithia (Ga/lipoli), 1915. German attack near Lens repulsed. 1917. 6th, Tuesday

S.S. "Lusitania ,_ torpedoed, 1915. 7th, Wednesday

Germans capture Frezenberg Ridge ( Ypres), 1915. 8th, Thursday

Battle of Aubers Ridge, 1915. First units of New Army arrive in France, 1915. 9th, Friday

Notre Dame de Lorette (Lens) stormed by the French, 1915. lOth, Saturday MAY, 1924.

Fighting at Bullei:ourt and Roeux (Arras), 1917. 11th, Sunday

Tenth Battle of the lsonzo, 1917. 12th, Monday

H.M.S. "Goliath" sunk in Dardanelles, 1915. 13th, Tuesday

Austrian Offensive in Trentino, 1916. Roeux captured by Fifty-first (Highland) Division, 1917. 14th, Wednesday}

Battle of F estubert (Second, Seventh and Indian Divisions), 1915. 15th, Thursday

Continuous fighting at Mort Homme (Verdun), 1916. 16th!t Friday

Heavy fighting round Bullecourt 1917. 17th, Saturday

26 MAY, 1924.

Defence of Anzac. Turks attack Gabatepe, 1915. 18th, Sunday

Hospitals at Etaples bombed. Last raid on London. 1918. 19th, Monday

Coblenz bombed by British. 1918. 20th. Tuesday

British lose Vimy Ridge, 1916. Siegrid portion of Hindenburg Line captured, 1917. 21st, Wednesday

Quinque-Rue Festubert (Forty-seventh and Canadian Divisions), 1915. .22nd, Thursday

~ Great Italian advance in Carso, supported by Royal Navy, 1917. 23rd, Friday

Battle of Bellewarde Ridge, 1915. Battle of Przemysl, 1915. :24th, Saturday

2 MAY, 1924.

H.M.S. •f Triumph" torpedoed in Dardanelles, 1915. Military Service Act became Law, 1916. 25th, Sunday

Italian successes at Lake Garda, 1918. 26th, Monday

H.M.S. •• Majestic" sunk off Gallipoli, 1915. Fourth battle of the A isne (8th, 21st, 25th and 50th Divisions, with the French), 1918. 27th, Tuesday

Fighting at La Bassee and Souchez, 1915. _, 28th, Wednesday

Germans capture Soissons, 1918. 29th, Thursday

Nineteenth Division fill a gap in French line in Ardre Valley, 1918 . 30th, Friday

Naval Battle of jutland, 1916. Germans reach the Marne, 1918. 31st, Saturday CANADA

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JUNE, 1924.

First Airship raid on London, 1915. 1st, Sunday

Battle of Mount Sorrel, Canadians attack, 1916. 2nd, Moriday li

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H.M. King George V. born, 1865. 1st Australians and 29th Divisions attack at Mont de Meris (Ypres), 1918 . 3rd, Tuesday

Attack on Turks at Krithia (Gallipoli), 1915. 4th, Wednesday

Lord Kitchener drowned in H.M.S• .. Hampshire," 1916. 5th, Thursday

German Armies nearest Paris, Battle of Aisne ends, 1918. 6th, Friday

Flanders offensive begins (Messines Ridge stormed), 1917. 7th, Saturday

29 JUNE, 1924.

New Zealanders capture Messines, 1917. Violent German counter-attacks repulsed, 1917. 8th, Sunday

British occupy Bismarksburg (South Africa), 1916. H.M.S . ., Vanguard H sunk by internal explosion, 1917. 9th, Monday

Garua captured (Cameroons). 1915. German advance in Compiegne, 1918. lOth., Tuesday

French capture Belloy. 1918. 11th, Wednesday

British occupy Kirman (Persia), 1916. 12th, Thursday

South Africans in Wilhelmstal. 1916. Heavy raid on London, 1917. 13th., Friday

British storm Infantry Hill, (Arras) 1917. British midnight attack North of Bethune, 1918. 14th, Saturday JUNE; 1924. II Second Battle of Piave. Austrian offensive on Asiago Plateau, 1918. 15th, Sunday ..

British lit Lake Victoria, 1916. 16th, Monday

Last air raid on England, 1918. 17th, Tuesday

Second Battle of Artois end's, 1915. 18th~ Wednesday

1------·~------Field-Marshal Earl Haig born, 1861. 19th, Thursday

German attack on Souchez repulsed, 1917. 20th, Friday

Germans scuttle their Fleet at Scapa· Flow, 1919. 21st, Saturday

3I JUNE, 1924.

Germans repulsed at Givenchy, 1916. 22nd, Sunday

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales born. 1894. 23rd, Monday

French attack at Verdun, 1916. 24th, Tuesday

46th Division capture Hill 65 (Lens), 1917. American success at Belleau Wood, 1918. ' 25th, Wednesday

Battle of Argonne. Crown Prince attacks, 1915. Third and Fourth Canadian Divisions capture La Cou/otte (Vi my Ridge), 1917. 26th, Thursday

Advance up the Euphrates commenced, 1915. First U.S.A. Army lands in France, 1917. 27th, Friday

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 1914. Germans sign Peace at Versailles. 1919. Fifth and Thirty-first Divisions attack at Nieppe Forest, 1918~ ' 28th, Saturday June-July, 1924. Fighting at Avion and Oppy. 1917. 29th, Sunday

1 Second Battle of Verdun ends, 1916. . I 30th, Monday

Battle of Somme begins. Montauban captured by Thirtieth Division, 1916. JULY. 1st, Tuesday

Fricourt captured by Seventeenth Division, 1916. 2nd, Wednesday

- l' Bernafay Wood captured (Somme), 1916. I 3rd, Thursday

La Boisselle captured by Nineteenth Division. 1916. Successful attack by Australians at Hamel and Vaire Wood (A ncre), 1918. 4th, Friday

Thiepval Wood (Somme). 1916. 5th, SaturjJay

c 33 JULY, 1924.

Mametz Wood (Somme). Unsuccessful attack by British, 1916. : 6th, Sunday

. Capture of Tanga, 1916• His Majesty visits the battlefields of Ypres, 1917. 7th, Monday

i Contalmaison (Somme), Thirtieth Division in Trones Wood, 1916. 8th. Tuesday

German South-West Africa captured by South Africans, 1915.

British airmen attack Turkish Fleet, 1917. 0 9~ Wednesday

I I Destruction of the .. K oenigsburg," 1915. 1~ Thursday

'I British attack on Ramadi (Mespot)t 1917. 11th, Friday

British capture Mametz Wood (Somme), 1916. 12th, Saturday

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34 (JULY, 1924.

British attack on Achi-Baba (Gallipoli), 1915. 13th, Sunday

Battle of the Woods-Trones, Bazentin and De/ville, 1916. Second great attack commenced on the Somme. 14th, Monday

De/ville Wood (Somme), 1916. 15th, Tuesday

Great German attack on the Marne fails, 1918. 16th, We~esday

. Pozieres (Somme), 1916. 17th, Thursday

Marshal Foch'sgreat advance on the Marne on 27-milefront. Battle of Chateau Thierry, 1918. British, French, American iznd Italian Troopsjattack. 1 18th, Friday

Longueval and Waterlot Farm (Somme), 1916. Ninth Division capture Meteren, 1918. 19t~ Saturday

35 JULY, 1924.

High Wood attacked by Thirty-third Division, 1916. Fifty-first and Sixty-second Divisions attack at Tardenois, 1918. 20th, Sunday

Fierce fighting on the Marne. Americans capture Chateau Thierry, 1918. 21st, Monday

Germans repulsed at Chemin des Dames, 1917. 22nd, Tuesday

Australians cross Bapaume Road. Battle of Pozieres Ridge (Somme), 1916. Fifteenth and Thirty-fourth Divisions attack near Soissons, 1918. 23rd, Wednesday

Heavy fighting at Pozieres (Somme) by Forty-eighth and First Australian Divisions, 1916. " The Artillery duel in Flanders continues to rage day and night, with an intensity never before reached."-German report, 1917. 24th, Thursday

Capture of Ersingham from Turks, 1916. 25th, Friday

Pozieres (Somme) captured by First Australian Division, 1916. 26th, Saturday AUSTRALIA.

July·-August, 1924.

Captain Fryatt murdered, 1916. 27th, Sunday

Austria declares War on Serbia, 1914. Fifty-first and Sixty-second Divisions capture Montagne de Bligny, 1918. 28th, Monday

South Africans occupy Ujiji, 1916. 29th, Tuesday

British att•ck on Guillemont (Somme), 1916. 30th, Wednesday

Third Battle of Ypres (Pi/kern Ridge) commenced. British gain ground and capture ten villages, 1917. 31st, Th~day

Germans counter-attack and capture St. Julien (Third Ypres), 1917. AUGUST. 1st, Friday

Soissons taken by Allies, 1916 2nd, Saturday

37 AUGUST, 1924.

Germany declares War on France, 1914. Turks attack at Romani 1916. 3rd9 Sunday

Great Britain declares War on Germany, 1914. British re-take St. julien ( Ypres), 1917. 4th, Monday

Germans capture Warsaw, 1915. British defeat Turks at Romani, 1916. 5th, Tuesday

Landing at Suvla Bay (Gallipoli), 1915. 6th, Wednesday

Landing of British Expeditionary Force, 1914. New Zealanders fighting at Sari Bair (Anzac), 1915. 7th, · Thursday

Battle of Amiens. British, with First French Army, with 400 Tanks, attack: Caix. Harbonnieres and Morcourt captured, 1918. 8th, Friday

Westhoek (Ypres) captured, 1917. Le Quesnel captured (Amiens), 1918. 9th, Saturday AUGUST, 1924.

Capture of positions by British on Doiran-Struma Front, 1916. British attacks at Ypres-entering Westhoek, 1917. lOth!! Sunday

Le Mouquet Farm (Somme), 1916. 11th, Monday

War with Austria, 1914. Battle of Amiens ends, 1918. 12th, Tuesday

Glencorse Wood (Third Ypres), 1917. 13th, Wednesday

German retreat from A ncre, 1918. 14th, Thursday

Canadians capture Hill 70 (Lens), 1917. 15th~ Friday

Langemarck, Glencorse Wood, Inverness Copse (Third Ypres), 1917. r Naval Fight in German bight, 1917. 16th, Saturday

39 AUGUST, 1924.

Germans seized T a veta, 1914. Eleventh battle ofthe lsonzo, 1917. 17th, Sunday

Naval Battle off Riga, 1915. British advance in Flanders begins, 1918 18th, Monday

Germans sack Louvain, 1914. S.S. "Arabic" torpedoed, 1915. 19th, Tuesday

Germans occupy Brussels, 1914. British capture Glencorse Wood (Ypres). 1917. 20th, Wednesday

Second Australian Division capture Hill 60, Gallipoli (Scimitar Hill), 1915. Battle of Albert, 1918. 21st, Thursday

First British rifle shot fired on Western Front, 1914. Albert re-captured by Eighteenth Division, 1918. 22nd, Friday

Battle of Mons, 1914. Attacks on Thiepval (Somme), 1916. 23rd, Saturday AUGUST, 1924.

Retreat from Mons, 1914. Third and Fourth Armies attack on Somme. Henin captured by Fifty-Second Division, 1918. 24th, Sunday

' Namur captured by Germans, 1914. Contalmaison (Second Somme), 1918. : 25th, Monday

Battle of Le Cateau, 1914. Canadian Corps and 51st Highland Division attack. Monchy te:Preux stormed, 1918 (Second Scarpe). 26th, Tuesday

Italy declares War on Germany, 1917. 27th, Wednesd:ay

Naval Battle off Heligoland_ 1914. Croiselles captured by 56th (London) DivisionJ (Second Scarpe), 1918. 28th, Thursday

!New Zealanders capture Bapaume 1918. Eighteenth Division capture Combles (Second Scarpe), 1918. 29th, Friday

Battle of St. Quentin. 1914. 30th, Saturday August-Septetnber, 1924.

Germans enter Arras rznd Amiens, Second Battle of Bapaume begins, 1918. Official End of the War, 1921 31st, Sunday

British at Compiegne, 1914. Third Australian Division occupies Peronne, 1918. SEPTEMBER. 1st, Monday

!Jrocourt-Queant Line stormed by Canadian Corps and 4th, 52nd, 57th and 63rd Divisions, 1918. 2nd, Tuesday

Cui/lemont (Somme) captured by Sixteenth (Irish) Division, 1916. Germans retreat from Lens, 1918. 3rd, Wednesday

Australians capture Mouquet Farm (Somme), 1916. 4th, Thursday

First British Warship (H.M.S. " Pathfinder") sunk by submarine, 1914. 5th, Friday

First Battle of the Marne, 1914. 6th, Saturday SEPTEMBER, 1924.

German Cavalry at Amiens, 1914. 7th, Sunday

Zeppelin raid on London, 1915. 8th, Monday

British at Chateau Thierry, 1914. Ginchy (Somme) captured by Sixteenth (Irish) Divisio", 1916. 9th, Tuesday

British cross Struma (Salonika), 1916. 10th, Wednesday

French victory at Nancy, 1914. 11th, Thursday

First Battle of the Aisne began, 1914. 12th, Friday

British and French cross the Aisne, 1914. Franco-American advance at Verdun. Americans capture St. Mihiel, 1918, Battle of Havrincourt, 1918. 13th, Saturday

43 SEPTEMBER, 1924.

Battle of Laon, 1918. French and Italians capture Laffaux. 14th, Sunday

Great Allied attack on Somme (Flers-Courcellette). Forty-first Division and New Zealanders capture Flers (Somme). Tanks first used in War.. 15th, Monday

Canadians attack Courcellette (Somme), 1916. 16th, Tuesday

High Wood (Somme) cleared by Forty-seventh Division, 1916. 17th, Wednesday

Battle of Epehy commenced, 1918. Battle of Doiran (Macedonia). 1918. 18th, Thursday

Guards' Division at Guedecourt (Somme), 1916. Allenby defeats Turks at Shechem (Megiddo), 1918. 19th, Friday

Menin Road ( Ypres), 1917. Nazareth occupied by British Cavalry, 1918. 20th, Saturday

44 SEPTEMBER, 1924.

French attack at Verdun, Noyon re-taken, 1917 21st~ Sunday

H.M.S. " Aboukir:• " Cressy" and" Hogue" sunk by one German submarine, 1914. First Battle of Picardy commenced, 1914. 22nd~ Monday

Germans entered Tournai, 1914. Es-Salt occupied by British, 1918. 23rd~ Tuesday

Somme Battle continued. Thiepl!al captured by Thirty-sixth (Ulster) Division, 1916. 24th~ Wednesday

Battle of Loos (Forty-seventh (London) Division capture Double Grassier Fifteenth (Scots) Division take Hill 70, 1915. 25th~ Thursday

Battle of Morval (Somme), 1916. British advance at Polygon Wood (Ypres), 1917. The last Turks gathered in (1918). 26th~ Friday

First Battle of Cambrai commenced. Hindenburg Line broken, 1918. 27th, Saturday

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45 September-October, 1924.

- Battle of Kut, 1915. Turks defeated at Ranadie, 1917. Battle of Ypres commenced. 14th, 35th, 29th and 9th Divisions attack, 1918. 28t~ Sunday

Attack of St. Quentin Canal by Australians and Americans, 1918. Forty-fifth Division stormed Be//englise (Cambrai), 1918. 29t~ Monday

· Great British_ French and Belgian advance North of Ypres, 1918. 30th, Tuesday

Transloy Ridges (Somme), 1916. Damascus occupied by British, 1918. OCTOBER. 1st, Wednesday

A ncre Heights (Somme), 1916. Australians defeat Turks in Syria, 1918. 2nd, Thursday

Naval Division and R.M.L.I. arrived at Antwerp, 1914. 3rd. Friday

New Zealanders and Australians at Broodseinde ( Ypres), 1917. Heavy fighting at Passchendaele, 1917. 4th, Saturday • SOUTH AFRICA.

OCTOBER, 1924.

Allies land at Salonika, 1915. Last sector Hindenburg Line taken, 1918. 5th, Sunday

First bombardment of Arras, 1914. Second Battle of Le Gateau, 1918. 6th, Monday

Le Sars {Somme) taken by Twenty-third Division, 1916. 7th, Tuesday

Battle of Loos. Great German counter-attack on Guards and First Division, 1915. Batt!e of Cambrai begins, 1918. 8th, Wednesday

Germans enter Antwerp, 1914. Battle of Poelcappe/le (Ypres). 1917. 9th, Thursday

Battle of La Basse~ jl914. British re-enter ~Le Cateau, 1918. 10th, Friday

La Bassee-2nd Cavalry Division and 2nd and 3rd Corps_;_attack, 1914. Fall of Belgrade, 1915. 11th, Saturday

47 OCTOBER, 1924. Battle of Messines, 1914. Edith Cavell shot, 1915. Heavy fighting on Passchendaele Ridge (Ypres), 1917. 12th, Sunday

Battle of Armentieres, 1914. 13th, Monday

Ypres re-taken from Germans, 1914 Battle of Courtrai, 1918. . ..; 14th, Tuesday

Canadians and Newfoundlanders land in England, 1914. Battle of Flanders-Second phase commenced, 1918. 15th, Wednesday

Dattle oJ Y ser begzns, 1':;114. Germans retreat from Lill~. 1918. 16th, Thursday

Battle of the Selle. Entry of Douai and Lille, 1918. 17th, Friday

First British Submarine (E. 3) sunk by Germans, 1914. 18th, Saturday

\ OCTOBER, 1924.

Battles of Ypres begins, 1914. Fighting on Line of the Selte, 1918. ~t~ Sunday

r Belgian Coast completely re-occupied, 1918. '20th, Monday

Trafalgar Day, 1805. Battle of Langemarck ( Ypres), 1914. ~Tuesday

Advance on Mosul, 1918. 2lnd, Wednesday

Third Battle of Piave. Seventh and Twenty-third Divisions attack, 1916. 28rd, Thursday ·

French re-capture Douaumont (Verdun), 1916. Austrian zdctory ofthe Caporetto,. (12th Isonzo), 1917. : 24t~ Friday

Canadians capture B elle Vue Spur ( Ypres), 1917. ~ 25th, Saturday

.D 49 October-N ovetnber, 1924.

Battle of Passchendaele, 1917. British and Italians cross the Piave, 1918.. British capture Aleppo 26th, Sunday

------~- H.M.S. •• Audacious •• sunk by a mine, 1914. Third Battle of Gaza, 1917. 27th, Monday·

Italian Armies in full retreat, 1917. British and Italian advance on the Asiago; many villages captured, 1918. 28th, Tuesday

Battle of Gheluvelt, 1914. Dunkerque and Calais bombed, 1917. 29th, Wednesday

Allies sever diplomatic relations with Turks, 1914. Turks surrender to the Allies, 1918. 30th, Thursday

London Scottish Charge at Messines ( Ypres). 1914. Beersheba captured by Australian Light Horse, 1917. 31st, Friday

Naval Battle at Coronel, 1914. H.M.S. •• Go~d Hope" and " Monmouth " sunk. Messines captured by Germans, 1914. NOVEMBER. 1st, Saturday

so NOVEMBER, 1924.

Naval battle, Kattegal, 1917. British success on Asiago Plateau, 1918. 2nd, Sm1day

------~ Yarmouth bombarded 1914. British Navy fired first shots in the Dardanelles, 1914. 3rd, Monday

------1 Sambre (last battle on Western Front) commenced, 1918. Austrian Armistice, 1918. 4th, Tuesday

New Zealanders capture Le Quesnoy, 1918. 5th, Wednesday

Canadians capture Passchendaele ( Ypres), 1917. Fzfty-third (Welshf Division defeat Turks at Sheria, 1917. 6th, Thursday

Capture of Gaza by General Al/enby, 1917. 7th, Friday

British entered Tournai, 1918. British return to Gallipoli, 1918. 8th, Saturday NOVEMBER, 1924.

German " Emden " destroyed, 1914. 9th, Sunday

Austro-Germans captured Asiago from Italians, 1917. lOth, Monday

Klein-Zillebeke ( Ypres), 1914. ARMISTICE. British enter Mons, 1918. 11th, Tuesday

First Battle of Piave. Austro-Germans reach -the river, 1917. British enter Constantinople, 1918. 12th, Wednesday

Great British advance on A ncre. Fifty-first (Highland) Division capture Beaumont Hamel (Somme), 1916. 13th, Thursday

Sixty-third Naval Division storm Beaucourt (Somme), 1916. Turks defeated at El Mughar, 1917. 14th, Friday

Allied Armies begin March to Rhine 1918. 15th, Saturday

52 NOVEMBER, 1924.

Ffghtzng and razds 4 t Gallzpolz, 1915. J affa occupied by Bntzsh, 1917. 16~ Sunday

Battle of Nebi .Samwi/, 1917. 17th, Monday

Belgians re-enter Antwerp and Brussels, 1918. 18th, Tuesday

Allies occup y Monastir and defeat Bulgarians, 1916. 19th, Wednesday

Cambrai. Fil',tt battle hegins. General Byng attacks, 1917. 20th, Thursday

! British attacks on Carn5rai continue, 1917. German Fleet surrendered, 1918. 21st, Friday

B attle;..o/ CtesiiJrwn. Turks defeated, Basra occupied, 1915.. 2.2n~ Saturday

53 NOVEMBER, 1924. r------1 Bourlon Wood (Cambrai). The Fortieth Division attacks, 1917. 23rd, Sunday

German counter-attack at Bourlon Wood (Cambrai), 1917. 24th, Monday

Continuous fighting at Bourlon Wood (Cambrai), 1917. 25th, Tuesday

Violent shelling at Ypres, 1917. 26th, Wednesday

Two Zeppelins destroyed, 1916. 27th, Thursday

German counter-attack gains ground at Bourlon Wood, 1917. 28th, Friday

Russia out of the War, 1917. 29th, Saturday

54 NEW ZEALAND.

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Guards' Division re-capture Gouzeaucourt and check German counter-attackr 1917. 30th, Sunday

German attack on 47th, 56th and 2nd Divisions repulsed near Cambrai, 1917. ,,;_ 1.1 DECEMBER. I 1st~ Monday -

Fighting on Asiago Plateau. British and French in the line, 1917. 2nd, Tuesday

British Cavalry in Germany, 1918. • ~ I • 8rd, Wednesday

Demobilization of British Army commences, 1918. 4th, Thursday

- ··.• Siege of Kut begins, 1915. _l 5th, Friday

British enter Cologne, 1918. 6th, Saturday

55 DECEMBER, 1924.

Kut besieged by Turks, 1917. 7th, Sunday

Naval Battle off the Falklands. German Squadron destroyed, 1914. 8th, Monday

Capture of jerusalem by 53rd and 58th Divisions, 1917. 9~ Tuesday

Fierce German attack on Ypres, 1914. lOth~ Wednesday

Allenby enters jerusalem, 1917. 11~ Thursday

Serbian Victory over Austrians, 1914. British cross the Rhine, 1918 . 12th, Friday

Submarine B 11 enters the Dardanelles and sinks Turkish battleship , 191 4 . 13~ Saturday DECEMBER, 1924.

Allied attack on Wytschaete, 1914. British advance on the Tigris, 191 6. 14th, Sunday

Victorious French attack at Verdun, 1916. 15th, Monday

Givenchy-lndian Corps attacks, 1914. Scarborough bombarded by German Fleet, 1914. 16th, Tuesday

Fighting on Ypres-Comint!S Canal, 1917. 17th, Wednesday

Aeroplane raid on London. 1917. 18th, Thursday

General Sir D. Haig succeeds F ..fi..1. Sir}. French as C.-in-C. zn France, 1915. British withduzw from Suvla Bay and Anzac, 1915. 19th, Friday j

British defence of Givenchy, 1914. 20th, Saturday

37 DECEMBER, 1924.

Battle of jaffa, 1917. 21st, Sunday

Three British Destroyers sunk off Dutch coast, 1917. 22nd, Monday

First German bomb ,falls on British soil, 1914. Turkish Force destroyed at Magdhaba, 1916. 23rd, Tuesday

British -Airmen bomb Man nhei m, 1917. 24th, Wednesday

Senussi defeated at Gebel-Medwa, 1915. 25th, Thursday

Defence:_of jerusalem. 1917. 26th, Friday

Batoum occupied by British. 1918. 27th, Saturday NEWFOUNDLAND.

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End of Rebellion in South Africa, 1914. 28th, Sunday

British land at Riga, 1918. 29th,. Monday

British take Bethel (Palestine), 19 ·1. 30th,. Tuesday

German attack at Hulloch (Loos), 19 IS. End of Darfur campaign, 1916_ 31st,. Wednesday

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6o The British Constitution.

The Constituent parts of the British Constitution may briefly be described thus:- . The Sovereign. The Throne is hereditary in the British house of Windsor. The Monarchy is constitu­ tional and unlimited. The King has a right to Veto Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament, but in practice his veto is obsolete. The Legislature. Parliament consists of two Houses-the Lords and the Commons. The House of Lords consists of peers. A peer may hold his seat by (I) hereditary right ; (2) creation by the King; (3) official position or election. 24 English Bishops and 28 Irish Peers elected for life, and I6 Scottish Peers elected for duration of Par­ liament, also sit in the House of Lords. The Powers of the House of Lords were very much restricted by Parliament Act, I9I I. The House of Commons consists of 6I5 members elected by the registered male and female electors in county, borough and university constituencies. The maximum duration of Parliament is five years. The Executive : The Crown (the King in Council) '~ makes peace and war, issues charters, increases the peerage, is the fountain of honour, of office, and of justice.'• The Cabinet, under the presidenc of the Prime Minister, consists of Ministers drawn from the ranks of the party in power and appointed by the sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury: RIGHT HoN. J. RAMSAY MAcDoNALD, P.C. Secretary of State for the Colonies : MR. J. H. THOMAS, P.C. Population of the British lsles-rg2I Census:­ England and Wales: 37,885,242. Scotland: 4,882,288. Ireland : 4,3g0,2Ig.

6r J What Great Britain & Ireland did 1n the Great War.

Royal Navy. The first Naval Action in the Great \Var took place between Admiral Beatty~s Battle Cruisers and German Submarines and Light Cruisers off Heligoland, August 28th, I9I4•

On November Ist, I9I4, Admiral Cradock~s Squadron was sunk by the Germans in the Battle of Coronel. Speedy retaliation followed. Admiral Sturdee, in the Battle of the Falklands, on the 8th December, I9I4, dealt with the same German Squadron which had been so successful against Cradock. At the Battle of DJgger Bank, on January 24th, I9I5, Admiral Beatty's Squadron again engaged the Germans, and sunk the u Blucher." At the Battle of J utland, on May 3Ist, Igi6, the British Battle Fleet again severely punished the Germans. Throughout the War Submarines and Aircraft co-operated with the Fleets, and of the former the " E " Class particularly distinguished themselves.

Some 8Io German Submarines in all, of the u U" Boat type, were engaged throughout the War. Of these 2I6 are definitely known to have been lost in action. 34,8oo Naval ratings of all ranks lost their lives in the War; and in addition Britain lost I3 Battleships, 28 Cruisers, and I 66 smaller craft.

Final surrender o~ the Garman Fleet took place at Scapa Flow on the 2Ist November, Igi8, when Beatty issued his famous signal :- u The German flag will be hauled down at sunset to-day, and will not be hoisted again until further orders." The German crews scuttled their Fleet on the 22nd June, Igig. The British Army.

Just before the outbreak of the Great War the British Army numbered 253,540 men. On the 7th August, I9I4, the British Expeditionary Force, consisting of about Ioo,ooo men, and organised into five Infantry Divisions and one Cavalry Division, was landed in France. On the 23rd August, I9I4, they held 25 miles of front. In the Spring of I9I5 there were II Divisions in the Field. In I9I7-I8 these had been increased to, and maintained at, 70 Divisions, exclusive of Troops from the Dominions and India. On the 4th February, Igi8, the British Army held 123 miles of Front. On August 23rd, 1914, the B.E.F. had 318 field guns and howitzers and 16 heavy guns, with one machine gun to every 500 rifles. On November IIth, 1918, the B.E.F. had 4,273 field guns and howitzers and 2,215 heavy guns, with one machine gun to every 20 rifles ; the gunners to serve these guns numbered over half-a-million. In November, Igi8, there were 5! million men under arms; of these 3! million were from the United Kingdom. In all 8,6oo,ooo men were employed during the Great War. Of these 5t700,000 served in the British Army (proper), and of these 4,ooo,ooo ·were recruited in England ; and in addition I ,4oo,ooo served in the Armies of the Dominions and 1,5oo,ooo were recruited in India. The killed amounted to over goo,ooo, and 2,ogo,ooo were wounded. 4,4oo,ooo British War Medals have been cast. A considerable number of these are still unissued. There were 61 (official) British Battles fought during the Great War on all Fronts, exclusive of Naval engage­ ments. The Royal Air Force. \Y/hen the War started Britain had 50 aeroplanes in the field (while the Germans had r,ooo). In October, rgr8, Britain had 22,171 aeroplanes. The strength of the Force in Augu~t, rgr4, was under 2,ooo all ranks ; in October, rgr8, it was just under 30o,.ooo. From April, rgr8,. to November, rgr8, the. R.A.F. lost 7,6oo,. the majority of these being officers.

Tanks. The first r 5 tanks arrived in France on August 30th, rgr6. They went into action on the Somme on the :r 5th September. Between August 8th and November rrth, rgr8, 2,ooo tanks were employed, and their casualties during this period were 8,ooo all ranks.

Mercantile Marine. No details of the Great War would be complete without some mention made of the services of the Merchant Navy. They were responsible for not only the transport of troops and ammunition, but also for the food supply for Great Britain and her many Armies overseas, and at the same time supplied thousands of officers and men to the fighting forces. · The officers and men found in the main the personnel for the H Q "" boats (mystery ships),. the most effective counter we had to the H unrestricted naval warfare .,. Germany and her Allies carried on against hospital ships and merchant-men. From rst January, rgr7, merchant ships were . armed for their own defence; 2,774 British merchant vessels were lost by enemy action in the Great War, with a gross total tonnage of 7,8oo,ooo. Canada. THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

Governor-General : His ExcELLENCY GENERAL LoRD BYNG OF VIMY, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. Prime Minister : THE RIGHT HoN. W. L. MACKENZIE KING, P.C., C.M.G. The Parliament of the Dominion of Canada consists of : His Majesty's Representative, a Senate, and a House of Commons. The Senate is composed of eighty-four Members, elected by ballot. The House of Commons is composed of two hundred and thirty-five Members, elected as the Senate, by ballot.

Seat of Government : Ottawa.

Service in Great War. The Canadian Forces 1, engaged totalled 4I 8,052. YPRES, I9I5, where, in April, they withstood the great German gas attack; later the BATTLES OF FESTUBERT • and GIVENCHY. In Igi6 BATTLES OF THE SoMME, where they took part in many fights and captured CouRCELETTE. In I9I7 they captured the VIMY RIDGE, regarded by the Germans as impregnable, and were in heavy fighting round LENS and ARRAS, and YPRES, where they captured PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE. In Igi8 they took part in the BATTLES OF CAMBRA!, ARRAS and those of the Great i· Final Advance. Units of the Canadian Forces also served in PALES­ TINE, MACEDONIA, and RUSSIA. They lost 6I,ooo men on the Western Front.

London Headquarters. High Commissioner, THE HoN. P. C. LARKIN, Kinnaird House, Pall Mall East, s.w. :r.

E 6 Australia. THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Governor-General : His ExcELLENCY THE RIGHT HoN. HENRY WILLIAM BARON FoRSTER oF LEPE, P.C.~ G.C.M.G. Prime Minister : THE RIGHT HoN. STANLEY MELBOURNE BRUCE, p .c., M.C. The Parliament of the Commonwealth consists of : His Majesty's Representative, a Senate, and a House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of thirty-six Senators­ six elected by each State _for six years. The House of Representatives is composed of seventy-five Members directly elected by the people of the Commonwealth, and they continue for three years, unless dissolved by the Governor-Gen~ral. Seat of Government : Melbourne. Population : 5,63o,ooo. Service in Great War. The Australian Forces . engaged totalled 32g,883 (five Infantry and two Mounted Divisions, four fighting Air Force Squadrons); in all 33o,ooo men journeyed overseas. Gallipoli (ANZAC), Ist and 2nd Divisions landed, and greatly distinguished themselves. France : Ist, 2nd, . 3rd, 4th and sth Divisions landed early in Igi6, and fought in SoMME BATTLES, including Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, Flers, Gueuc;iecourt. In 1917, in ARRAS BATTLE, 3rd BATTLE OF YPRES, including Messines and Polygon Wood. In Igi8 by capturing Villers Bretonneux they hel_~::ed to save Amiens, and were engaged in BATTLES OF LYS and of the Great Final Advance. They lost sg,ooo men in action. The two Cavalry Divisions remained in EGYPT and

PALESTINE, fighting at RAFA, GAZA, BEERSHEBA, }ERUSALEM1 and DAMASCUS.

London Headquarters. High Commissioner, THE RIGHT HoN. SIR JosEPH CooK, P.C., G.C.M.G., IViigra­ tion and Settlement Office, Australia House, Strand, w.c. 2·

66 N e"'\V Zealand. DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

Governor-General : His ExcELLENCY ADMIRAL oF THE FLEET THE RIGHT HoN. VIscouNT ]ELLICOE op ScAPA, G.C.B.r O.M., G.C.V.O. Prime Minister : THE RIGHT HoN. W. F. MASSEY, P.C. The Parliament of the Dominion consists of : His Majesty's Representative, a Legislative Councilr and the House of Representatives. The Legislative Council is composed of thirty-nine Members, appointed by the Governor for seve_n years. The House of Representatives is composed of eighty Members, elected for~ three years. Seat of Government : Wellington, New Zealand.

t»opulation : 11 2721 999 (excluding Maoris). Service in Great War. The New Zealand Forces engaged totalled I 24, I 84. Gallipoli (ANZAC), 1915 : They greatly distinguished themselves. In Igi6 (April) the Division went to France. In the BATTLE OF THE SoMME they-with the 4Ist Division­ captured FLERS. In I9I7 they fought at MESSINES and the 3rd BATTLE OF YPRES, in which they stormed GRAVENSTAFEL. In Igi8 they helped to defeat the German offensive, and in the Great Final Advance captured PuiSIEUX, SERRE, BAPAUME and LE QuESNOY. The New Zealand Mounted Rifles remained in EGYPT, and did great service in SINAI and PALESTINE. New Zealand lost 16,136 men in the War.

London Headquarters. High Commissioner, CoL. THE HoN. SIR ]AMES ALLEN, K.C.B., New Zealand House, Strand, W .C. South Africa. THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Governor-General : MAJOR-GENERAL . THE RIGHT HoN. THE EARL oF ATHLONE~ G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V .0., D.S.O. _ Prime Minister : GENERAL THE RIGHT HoNOURABLE J. c. SMUTS~ K.C.~ C.H., M.L.A. The Parliament of the Union of South Africa consists of : His Majesty's Representative, a Senate, and a House of Assembly, The Senate is composed of forty Members-eight nominated by the Governor-General-in-Council and· eight for each Province. The House of Assembly is composed of one hundred and thirty-four elected Members, fifty-one of whom represent the Cape of Good Hope, seventeen Natal, forty-nine Transvaal~ and seventeen the Orange Free State. Seat of Government : Legislative Capital, Cape Town; Administrative Capital~ Pretoria.

Population : White, I .522,442 ; inclusive of all·i races, 6~g26,gg~. Service in Great War. The South African Forces totalled 147.,ooo. In addition., over Io,ooo went to' England and joined Imperial Regiments. The South African Forces served in German South­ West Africa; German East Africa; France (rgr6) : the Battle of the Somme (Delville Wood) and YPRES; EGYPT and PALESTINE.

· London Headquarters. High Commissioner, SIR EDGAR WALTON, K.C.M.G.; Trade Commissioner, A. CANHAM; Trafalgar Square, W.C. 2.

68 N e~foundland. DOMINION OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

Governor-General : SIR WILLIAM LAMOND ALLAR­ _DYCE. K.C.M.G.

Prime Minister THE HoN. WILLIAM R. WARRENr K.C.

The Parliament of the Dominion of Newfoundland consists of : His Majesty's Representative, a Legislative Council., and a House of Assembly. The Legislative Council is composed of twenty-four Members, appointed for life by the Crown. The House of Assembly is composed of thirty-six Members., elected by ballot for four years.

Seat of Government : St. John's, Newfoundland.

· Population : 262,979 (including Labrador, 3r62 I).

·- Service in Great War. Royal Newfoundland Regt. and men in Royal Navy. Total men engaged, II,8oo. The Newfoundlanders in- I9I5 served in GALLIPOLI {Cape Helles). In I9I6 in France at the BATTLE OF THE SoMME, greatly distinguishing themselves at BEAUMONT HAMEL. In I9I7 they fought at MoNCHY LE PREUX, PASSCHENDAELE., and CAMBRA!. In I9I8 at NEUVE EGLISE and PoLYGON WooD (Ypres), and in the Great Final Advance. ·

London Headquarters. High Commissioner (acting), CAPTAIN VICTOR GoRDON, s8, Victoria Street, s.w. I.

6g Northern Rhodesia.

CROW.N PROTECTORATE.

Governor : MR. H. J. STA~LEY, C.M.G. Advisory Council of ·five members elected by Districts. Seat of Government : Livingstone. Population : European, 3,634 ; Natives, 979,704 ; Coloured and Asiatics, 2oi. Served in War. Europeans, 466. Zones: France, Italy, Belgium, German South and East Africa, Gallipoli, Palestine, Egypt, India, Persia, Russia, etc.

London Headquarters. Crown Agents for the Colonies. Southern Rhodesia. Governor : LIEUT.-CoL. SIR JoHN CHANCELLOR, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., R.E. Premier and Minister of Native Affairs : SIR CHAS. PATRICK JoHN CoGHLAN, KT. Parliament : Legislative Council. Members elected by Districts, 30. Seat of Government : Salisbury. Population : European, 33,62I ; Natives, 862,3I9; Coloured and Asiatics, 3,248. Served in War. Europeans, 5,200. Zones: France, Italy, Belgium, German South and East Africa, Gallipoli, Palestine, Egypt, India, Persia, Russia, etc.

London Agents. THE BRITISH SouTH AFRICA . CoMPANY (Incorporated by Royal Charter), Rhodesia House, 2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C. 2.

70 India.

Viceroy and Governor-General : THE RIGHT HoN. THE EARL OF READING, P.C., G.C.B., G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E., G.C.V.O.

The Parliament of India consists of : His Majesty~s Representative, Council of State, and a Legislative Assembly. The Council of State has sixty Members, of which thirty-four are elected and twenty-six are nominated. The Legislative Assembly has one hundred and forty-four Members, of which one hundred and four are elected and forty nominated. Seat of Government : Simla (April to October,. approximately) ; Delhi (November to April, approxt­ mately).

Population : 318,g42,ooo (1921). Service in Great War. Approximately 1,4oo,ooo men served on the various Fronts. An Indian Corps landed in France. They fought with gallantry in the battles of the Winter, 1914-15. The Indian troops in this Corps particularly distinguished themselves at GIVENCHY, NEUVE CHAPELLE, and the Indian Cavalry on the Somme. The Indian Army also served in EGYPT and PALES­ TINE, MESOPOTAMIA, PERSIA, and EAST and WEST AFRICA. They lost 61,400 of all ranks.

London Headquarters. High Commissioner, SIR DADIBA MERWANJEE DALAL, C.I.E., 42, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W. 1.

BURMA.

Governor : HoN. SIR S. H. BuTLER, K.C.S.I., C. I.E.

Population : I3,212,192·

71 Ceylon. Governor : BRIG.-GEN. SIR WILLIAM HENRY MANNING, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B. The Parliament of Ceylon consists of : His Majesty~s Representative, an Executive Council, and a Legislative Council. The Executive Council is composed of three ex-officio Members and four others, of whom three are unofficials. The Legislative Council-in all thirty-seven mem­ bers-contains representatives of the various territorial divisions of the Island ; of the twenty-three unofficial members sixteen are elected and seven nominated by the Governor. Population: 4,5oo,66g (rg2r). Service in Great War. Served in various units of British Army: 2,182 left Ceylon for War service; 320 were killed ; 437 wounded ; 241 decorated for con­ spicuous bravery, including 4 V.C.'s, 6 D.S.O.'s and bar, 14 D.S.O.'s. London Headquarters : Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, Westminster, S.W. I. Northern Ireland. Governor-General : His GRACE THE DuKE oF ABERCORN, K.P. Prime Minister : THE RIGHT HoN. SIR }AMES CRAIG, BART, M.P. The Parliament of Northern Ireland consists of: H.M. The King, a Senate, and House of Commons. The Senate consists of 26 members. The House of Commons of Northern Ireland con­ sists of 52 members elected by ballot. Population : r,2o9,751. Irish Free State (Saorstat Eireann). Governor-General : His ExcELLENCY TIMOTHY M. HEALY, K.C. President of the Executive Council : MR. WILLIAM T. CosGRAVE. The Parliament (Oireachtas) of the Irish Free State consists of : The King and two Houses, viz. : The Chamber of Deputies (Dail Eireann) and the Senate ( Seanad Eireann) • The First ·Senate consists of 6o . members. The Chamber of Deputies consists of 153 members. London Headquarters : High Commissioner : Mr. }AMES McNEIL, York House, 15, Regent Street, S.W. :r.

72 Cro~n Colonies and Protectorates.

BAHAMAS. Population : 59~928 ( :rg:r7). Governor : MAJOR SIR H. E. S. CoRDEAUX, K.C.M.G.~ C.B.

BARBADOS. Population : :r56~3:r2 (:r92:r). Governor : LIEUT .-CoL. SIR CHARLES RICHARD MACKEY O'BRIEN~ K.C.M.G.

BERMUDA. Population : 2 :r ~987. Governor and Commander-in-Chief : LIEUT.-GEN. Sm JosEPH JoHN AsSER~ K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.~ c.a.~ K.C.B.

BRITISH BORNEO. Population : 258~355. Governor and Commander-in-Chief : MAJOR-GEN. SIR WILLIAM HENRY RYCROFT, K.C.B.~ K.C.M.G.

BRITISH GUIANA. Population : 2g8~:r88 (:r92:r). Governor : SIR GRAEME THoMSON~ K.C.B.

BRITISH HONDURAS (CARIBBEAN SEA). Population : 45~3I7 (:r92:r). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR EYRE HuTsoN, K.C.M.G.

7 3 CYPRUS. Population: 3I0.,709 (I92I). High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief : MALCOLM STEVENSON, C.M.G.

FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Population : 2.,094 (I92I). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : }OHN MIDDLETON, C.M.G. FIJI. Population : I 57.,266 (I 92 I). Governor : SIR CECIL HuNTER RoDWELL, K.C.M.G.

GAMBIA. Population : 20I,303 ( I92I). Governor : CAPT. CECIL HAMILTON ARMITAGE, C.M.G., D.S.O.

GIBRALTAR. Governor and Commander-in-Chief : GEN. SIR CHARLES CARMICHAEL MONRO, BT., G.C.B., G.C.S.I •., G.C.M.G. GOLD COAST. Population : r,5o3,386. Seat of Government : Accra. Governor and Comtnander-in-Chief: Bruc.-GEN. SIR FREDERICK GoRDON GuGGESBERG, K.C.M.G., D.S.O.

HONG KONG. Population : 662,200 (I92I). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : Sm REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, K.C.M.G.

JAMAICA. Population : 858_,II8 (I92I). Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief : SIR LESLIE PROBYN, K.C.M.G.

74 KENYA COLONY AND EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE. Population : 2,529,133 (1921). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR RoBERT THORNE CORYNDON, K.C.M.G.

LEAWARD ISLANDS. Population : 122,242 ( 1921). Governor : LIEUT.-COL. HoN. SIR EusTACE FIENNES, BART.

MALAYA. Population : 3,3$8,054 ( 1921). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR LAWRENCH LUNNS GUILLEMARD, K.C.B.

MALTA. Population : 224,859 (1920). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : FIELD- MARSHAL LORD PLUMER, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.

MAURITIUS. Population : 376,474 (1921). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR H. HESKETH BELL, K.C.M.G.

NIGERIA. Population : About 16,soo,ooo. Governor and Commander-in-Chief: SIR HuGH CHARLES CLIFFORD, G.C.M.G.

NYASALAND. Population : 1,201,983. Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR CHARLES CALVERT DOWRING, K.C.E., C.M.G.

PACIFIC ISLANDS. High Commissioner : SIR CECIL HUNTER RoDWELL, K.C.M.G. i ~------~

75 ST. HELENA (with Ascension). Population : 3, 520 (I g I I) • Governor : CoL. RoBERT FRANCis PEEL, C.M.G.

SARAWAK. Population : About 6oo,ooo. Raja : H.H. CHARLES VYNER BRooKE.

SEYCHELLES. Population: 24,523 (Ig2I). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : BRIG.-GEN. SIR JosEPH A. BYRNE, K.B.E., C.B.

SIERRA LEONE. Population: 85,I63 (Ig2I). Governor : ALEXANDER RANsFORD SLATER, C.M.G., C.B.E., K.C.M.G. SOMALILAND. Population : About 3oo,ooo. Governor and Commander-in-Chief : LmuT.-CoL. G. H. SuMMERS, C.M.G. THE SUDAN. Population : About 4,ooo,ooo. Governor-General: MAJOR-GEN. SIR L. 0. F. '; STACK, K.B.E., C.M.G. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

Population : 365,9I3 (Ig~I). i' Governor : CoL. SIR SAMUEL H. WILSON, K.B.E., [! ·C.B., C.M.G., R.E. I'

UGANDA. Population: 3,o66,327 (Ig2I). . Governor and Commander-in-Chief : Sm GEOFFREY FRANCIS-ARCHER, K.C.M.G. WEIHAIWEI. Population : I47,I77 (Igii). Administrator : A. P. BLUNT.

WINDWARD ISLANDS. Population : I62,254 (Ig2I). Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR FREDERICK SETON }AMES,. K.B.E., C.M.G •

.:~ ZANZIBAR. Population : Ig8,gi4 (Igio). Sultan : H.H. SEYYID - KHALIFA BIN HARUB, K.C.M.G., K.B.E. , British High Commissioner : SIR RoBERT THORNE CoRYNDON, K.C.M.G. Resident : ALFRED CLAUDE HoLLIS, C.M.G., C.B.E.

Territories held under Mandate.

MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ). Population : 2,84g,282. King of lra.q : FEISAL, elected King of Iraq, August Ioth, I92I ; acceeded August 23rd, Ig2I. Higb. Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief : MAJOR-GEN. SIR HENRY R. C. DoBBS, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.

PALESTINE. Population : 762,ooo (I 922) • High Commissioner : RIGHT HoN. SIR HERBERT SAMUEL, P.C., G.B.E.

TANGANYIKA TERRITORY. Population : 4,Io2,447. Governor and Commander-in-Chief : SIR HoRACE ARCHER BYATT, K.C.M.G.

11 B ITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE.

Uniting the Ex-Service Men~s Organizations of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Rhodesia, Newfoundland, Malaya, and British Ex-Service Men~s Organizations in other Territories. To inculcate and perpetuate a spirit of comrade­ ship and patriotism throughout the Empire.

Patron: H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Grand President : FIELD-MARSHAL EARL HAIG, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.0., K.C.I.E.

Empire Headquarters Advisory Committee :

United Kingdom-LIEUT.-CoL. G. R. CROSFIELD~ D.S.O., T.D .. MAJOR J. BRUNEL COHEN, M.P. T. F. LISTER~ ESQ. Canada CAPT. G. M. DIX. Australia •• CAPT. J. F. ROBINS~ R.A.N. South Africa CoL. SIR RHYs PRICE~ K.B.E., C.M.G. New Zealand P. E. HURLBUTT, EsQ. Newfoundland CAPT. J. E. J. Fox. Rhodesia •• LIEUT .-CoL. H. MARSHALL HOLE~ C.M.G.. British Guiana•• BRIG.-GEN. c. E. RICE~ C.B.E.~ D.S.O. India LIEUT.-CoL. C. R. ScoTT-ELLIOTT.

Hon. Treasurer : BRIG.-GEN. A. F. HoME, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.. Hon. Organizing Secretary: CAPT. D. PETRIE SIMSON. Headquarters' Club : St. George's Empire Service Club.

Headquarter Offices : Baker Street Chambers, 130 Baker Street~ London~ W. I.

Telegraphic Address : ~ 4 Exservicom, Baker, London:~ Telephones: Mayfair 5728 and 5998. MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE.

GREAT BRITAIN­ ENGLAND-BRITISH LEGION. Headquarters-26, Eccleston Square~ London~ S.W. I. SCOTLAND-BRITISH LEGION. Scottish Headquarters-28~ Rutland Street~ Edinburgh. WALES-BRITISH LEGION. Welsh Headquarters-Market Buildings~ St. Mary Street~ Cardiff. IRELAND (North)-BRITISH LEGION. Irish Headquarters-7~ William Street South~ Belfast. AUSTRALIA-THE RETURNED SAILORS~ AND SOLDIERS, IMPERIAL LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA. Federal Headquarters- Edwards~ Building~ I78~ Collins Street~ Melbourne~ Australia. BRITISH GUIANA - BRITISH EMPIRE [SERVICE LEAGUE (British Guiana). Headquarters-Georgetown~ Demerara~ British Guiana. CANADA-THE GREAT WAR VETERANS~ ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. Dominion Headquarters-Citizen Building~ Ottawa, Canada. INDIA-EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION~ INDIA. Headquarters-Brightlands~ Simla~ India. Burma Branch-Post Box 83~ Rangoon~ Burma. IRELAND (Free State)-THE LEGION OF IRISH EX-SERVICE ME~. Headquarters-52~ Clarendof?. Street~ Dublin~ Ireland. MALAYA-EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. Headquarters-Ipoh~ Perak~ Federated Malay States. NEWFOUNDLAND-THE GREAT WAR VETERANS~ ASSOCIATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND. Dominion Headquarters-G.W.V.A. Building~ St. John,s~ New­ foundland. NEW ZEALAND-NEW ZEALAND RETURNED SOLDIERS~ ASSOCI­ ATION (including members of the South African War Veterans~ Association). Dominion Headquarters-Fletcher~s Building~ 22~ Customhouse Quay~ Wellington~ New Zealand. RHODESIA-BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE (Rhodesia). Rhodesian Headquarters-P.O. Box 365~ Bulawayo~ Rhodesia. SOUTH AFRICA-BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE (South Africa). Dominion Headquarters-I 6~ Post Office Buildings, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Oversea Organizations which co-operate w-ith the British Empire Service League Headquarters.

CANADA-THE DOMINION VETERANS~ ALLIANCE. THE IMPERIAL VETERANS IN CANADA. CEYLON-COMRADES OF THE GREAT WAR~ Ceylon. BRAZIL-BRITISH LEGION~ Rio. 'JAVA-EAST JAVA EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION. MEXICO-THE BRITISH EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF MEXICO. HONOLULU-GRAND ARMY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. UNITED STATES-THE BRITISH GREAT WAR VETERANS IN AMERICA. THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS OF THE WORLD WAR·, and THE AMERICAN LEGION.

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SOUTH , TASMANI: ~ ~~ ~· NEW ~LAND BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE

• EMPIRE O~GANISATIONS • OR.GANISATIONS IN OTHER TERRITORIES THE ST. GEORGE'S (EMPIRE SERVICE) CLUB.

Council: MAJOR-GENERAL THE RIGHT HoN. THE EARL oF ATHLONE, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. THE RIGHT HoN. THE EARL oF HARRoWBY. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HAROLD G. RUGGLES-BRISE, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O. CAPTAIN D. PETRIE SIMSON. LIEUT.-COL. c. c. MACDOWELL, C.M.G., D.S.O. COMMANDER c. REYNOLDS SHARP., R.N. MAJOR ARTHUR F. VIGOR. Bankers: NATIONAL PROVINCIAL AND UNION BANK OF ENGLAND LIMITED, Mayfair Branch, South Audley Street, London, W. I. Secretary and Registered Offices : LIEUT.-COL. E. R. ENGLISH, D.S.O., I30, Baker St., London, W.I.

OBJECTS. An Empire Club as a central rallying place in London, the objects of which will be to foster the spirit of loyalty to the King and Empire and the high ideals of patriotism., and to maintain the principles of comradeship and the spirit of self-sacrifice which inspired all those who served in the Great War. The Empire-wide basis on which the Club is to be formed will undoubtedly afford facilities for its members, wishing to emigrate and remain under the Flag, to obtain information and assistance from fellow members throughout the world. The Club will through its associations and publications develop an Empire interest, and will also form a meeting-place or H pied-a-terre'' for those who only visit England occasionally. Pending the establishment of the Club premises in the West End, temporary headquarters are available at 27, Queen's Gate, s.w. A limited number of bedrooms are available for members.

MEMBERSHIP includes: (I) Officers and others who are serving or who have served in His Majesty's Forces, viz., the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Naval Reserve, the Territorial Army, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Reserves of these Forces, and the Forces of the Overseas Dominions and Colonies. (2) A limited number of subscribers whose Imperial services render them desirable as members, but who from a service point of view may not be eligible. Principal Steamship Lines to the Dominions.

Cunard Steamship Company Limited, Cunard Building, Liverpool. Telephone: Liverpool Bank 9200. LoNDON OFFICE: 26-27, Cockspur Street, S.W. I. Telephone: 3404 Regent. The above Company runs the following Canadian Services: Liverpool and Queenstown to Halifax. Liverpool and Belfast to Quebec and Montreal. Southampton to Halifax. Southampton to Quebec and Montreal.

The Anchor Donaldson Line. Head Office: St. Vincent Place, Glasgow. Telephone : I823 Central. Runs services between Glasgow and Halifax. Glasgow to Quebec and Montreal.

The Anchor Line, St. Vincent Place, Glasgow. Telephone : g8og Central. Runs services from Liverpool to Bombay and Karachi, calling at Gibraltar, Port Said and Suez. All the above Companies are associated with the Cunard Company.

Canadian and Pacific Railway. Head European Office: 62-65, Charing Cross, S.W. I. Telephone: Regent 5Ioo. Liyerpool to Canada. Southampton to Canada.

The White Star Line and White Star and Dominion Line. Head Office: 30, St. James~ Street, Liverpool. Telephone : Bank 933· London Office: I, Cockspur Street, S.W. I. Telephone : Regent I963. Run regular services to Canada and U.S.A.

Red Star Line. Head Office : 22 Rue des Peignes, Antwerp. London Office: I, Cockspur St., S.W. I. Tel: Regent I963. Run regular services to Canada and U.S.A. PRINCIPAL STEAMSHIP LINES TO THE DOMINIONS (continued).

Aberdeen Line, 7, Billiter Square, London, E.C. 3• Tel: City 7990. ' Run regular services to South Africa and Australia. Shaw Saville and Albion Company Limited. Head Office: 34, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. 3· Telephone: Avenue r636. Run regular services between Southampton and New Zealand and Australia via Panama CanaL

Australian Steamship Line, 49, Leadenhall Street, E.C. 3· Telephone : Avenue 302. Australia. Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers. Australia House, Strand, W.C. I. Telephone: City 1740. Australia. Orient Line to Australia, s, Fenchurch Avenue, E.C. 3· Telephone: City 3000. Egypt, Australia, India.

Union Castle Mail Steamship Co., 3, Fenchurch Street, E.C. 3· Telephone: Avenue 2413. Serving the Cape, Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Mozambique Coast, British East Africa (Kenya Colony), Tanganyika, Angola, South-West Africa, Mauritius, etc., with calls at Madeira, Canaries, Ascension, and St. Helena.

Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. 14, Cockspur Street, S.W. r. Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and by tranship­ ment Persian Gulf, Burma, etc., etc.

British India and Steam Navigation Co., 14, Cockspur Street, S.W. r. Port Said, Suez, India, and Ceylon.

Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd., 104, 106, Leadenhall Street, E.C. 3· South Africa.

Ellerman's City and Hall Lines. 104, ro6, Leadenhall Street, E.C. 3· India,. Ceylon.

F Inland Postal Rates, etc.

(Full information is given in the ~~Post Office Guide.'~)

Letters.-Not exceeding 2 ozs., rtd. For every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, td. Post-Cards.-Single, rd. Stamp ; Reply, 2d. Special Rates for Sailors, Soldiers and Air Force.-Letters to H.M Ships in Home Waters-the ordinary Inland Rates apply to all kinds of Postal Packets. Letters to H.M. Ships and Forces Abroad-not exceeding r oz., r -!d., and rd. for every additional ounce. Book Post (Printed Paper Rate).-Not exceeding 2 ozs., td. For every additional 2 ozs. or fraction of an ounce, td. up to 2 lbs. Newspapers.-Not exceeding 6 ozs. (single copies only), rd., and i d. for every additional 6 ozs. or fraction of 6 ozs. Two or more copies sent in one packet will be charged as if posted separately. Limit of weight, 2 lbs. Sample Post.-Same Rates as for letters and parcels. Parcel Post.-Not exceeding 2 lbs., 6d.; 5 lbs., gd.; 8 lbs., r / -; II lbs., I / 3· Limit: Weight, II lbs.; length, 3ft. 6in.; length and girth combined, 6ft. Must be securely packed, and contain nothing dangerous, etc. A letter may be enclosed. H Parcel Post H to be written in left top corner. Subject to certain rules, compensation for loss or damage is given up to £2. A certificate of posting should be obtained. Certificate of Posting.-A Certificate of Posting an unregistered letter, post-card, or other packet handed in at any Post Office, can be obtained for a fee of !d. Inland Telegrams.-Twelve words, including name and address, r / -; rd, for each additional word. Minimum charge for a Night Tele­ graph Letter of 36 words, r / -. Charges for Reply Paid and Re-directed Telegrams are increased in proportion. Registration and Compensation.-The fee is 3d. Unregistered letters, etc., containing coin, 4d. on delivery, less any amount prepaid in excess of postage. Subject to certain rules, compensation, with the 3d. fee, is given up to £5 ; a 4d. fee, to £20 ; a 5d. fee, to £40 ; up to a fee of I / II and £400 compensation. Re-Direction.-Letters, etc., unopened can be re-directed free up to day following delivery; but parcels only when both addresses are within the same town delivery area : all London is regarded as one delivery area. Money Orders.-Not exceeding £3, 4d.; £ro, 6d.; £2o, 8d.; £3o, rod. ; £4o, r / -. Telegraph Money Orders.-As ordinary, plus supplementary fee of 2d. and cost of telegram (lowest charge, r / -). Postal Orders.-6d. to 2/ 6, rd.; 3/ - to I5/ -, r!d.; 15/ 6 to 2I/ -, 2d. each. British unperforated Postage Stamps, not exceeding three, up to 5d. in value, may be affixed. Postal Information, Contitzued. ---::----- COLONIAL AND FOREIGN POSTAL RATES, etc. For Correspondence posted in the United Kingdom.

Letters to British Possessions, also U.S.A., Egypt., the Soudan, and British Post Office Agencies in Morocco, not exceeding r oz .., r -!d. ; every additional ounce, rd. Letters for all other places., per first ounce., 2-!d.; for second and each subsequent ounce, r-!d. Single Post-Card., r-!d. Reply., 3d. News­ papers., Printed or Commercial Papers., per 2 ozs., -!d. Samples, for every 2 ozs., -!d., with a minimum charge of rd. Registration fee., 3d. No letter may exceed 24in. by r2in. by r2in. Canada and Newfoundland., for duly Registered Newspapers., Maga­ zines., and Trade Papers over 2 ozs., but not exceeding 5 lbs .., the rate under certain conditions varies from rd. to sd. Limits for Newspapers., etc., for Postal Union countries., I8in. by r2in. by r2in., or in a roll 3oin. by 4 in. diameter; for British Colonies and non-Uni_on countries, 24in. by r2in. by r2in. Limits for Sample Packets for Foreign Countries in the Postal Union (no article liable to Customs~ duties can be sent)., I2in. by Sin. by 4in . ., or roll r2in. by 6in. diameter; for other places., 24in. by r2in. by r2in. Limits of weight for newspapers and samples vary according to the country; the Postal Guide should be consulted.

Colonial and Foreign Parcel Post.-Limits of size., varying., but generally the same as for Inland Parcels. No parcel may contain anything dangerous., etc. Parcels are liable to be opened for Customs~ examination in the _country of destination., and the contents are subject to Customs~ duty. The destination and the nature and value of the contents must be described on special forms provided at all Post Offices. (Extra charges payable in S. African Colonies on all dutiable parcels.) Parcels for the United States (by the semi-official service only) can be insured up to £r2o., at 6d. for each £r2 ; above £20 ros. in value., must be declared before a U.S. ConsuL Parcels for any foreign country., and most British Dominions., must not contain any letter. An Invoice in open envelope is allowed. Parcels for most European and some other countries may be insured (generally up to £4oo) against loss., damage or abstraction of contents ; and compensation (not exceeding £r in any case) is paid., under certain conditions., in respect of the loss or damage of uninsured Parcels sent to various places· abroad.

Rates vary for different countries., and are liable to fluctuation. Inquiry should be made at Post Offices., or see Postal Guide.

--~--:----- WIRELESS.-B.B.C. Stations and Call Signs. Metres. Metres. Metres. London (2LO) •• 365 Bournemouth Glasgow (5SC) • • 420 Aberdeen (2BD) 495 (6BM) .. Manchester (2ZY) 375 Birmingham (siT) 475 Cardiff (5WA) Newcastle (5NO) 400 Principa Sporting Events of 1924.

Lincolnshire Handicap March 26th. Grand National March 28th. Boat Race •. April 5th. R.A. Cup Final April 26th. City and Suburban .. April 30th. Two Thousand Guineas May 7th. One Thousand Guineas .. May gth. Chester Cup May I4th. Jubilee Handicap May 17th. Amateur Golf Championship May 26th. Derby June 4th. Oaks .. June 6th. Ascot June 17th, I8th, Igth, 20th. All England Tennis Championship June 23rd. Olympic Games, Paris .. July sth. Oxford and Camb .. Cricket Match .. July 7th, 8th, and gth. Eton and Harrow Cricket Match July I Ith & I2th. Eclipse Stakes .. July 18th. Goodwood July 2gth, 30th, 31st, Aug. Ist. St. Leger ... September Ioth. Ccesarewitch October ISth. Cambridgeshire October 29th.

Manchester November Handicap . ~ November 22nd.

86 British Empire Exhibition

Canada. The Canadian section consists of the main Canadian Government Pavilion and two Pavilions erected for the • !~ Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways. All headquarters for the Exhibition Officers attending the British Empire Exhibition from Canada will be in the Canada Pavilion, where will be shown all the vast re­ sources of Canada, such as agriculture, forestry, mines, fisheries, horticulture, manufacturing industries1 etc.

Australia. People requiring information regarding Australia are invited to call at : AusTRALIA HousE, STRAND, w.c. 2. or at: THE AusTRALIAN PAVILION, BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION GROUNDS, WEMBLEY.

Dominion of N e~ Zealand.

High Commissioner: CoLONEL THE HoN. SIR }AMES ALLEN, K.C.B. Exhibition Commissioner: LT.-CoL. ALEX. F. ROBERTS, C.B.E. Visitors to the Exhibition will be cordially welcomed at the New Zealand Pavilion which is prominently situated on rising ground at the head of the Lake. Government Offices: 4I5, THE STRAND. Visitors are invited to call. BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION-continued.

Union of South Africa. High Commissioner: HoN. SIR EDGAR WALTON, K.C.M.G. Secretary : SIR REGINALD BLANKENBERG~ K.B.E. EMPIRE ExHIBITION: Manager~ MR. ARTHUR CANHAM. Organising Secretary : MR. A. H. SuTTON. The South African Pavilion at. the Empire Exhibition is near the Stadium. Government Offices: TRAFALGAR SQUARE, W.C. 2. See South Africa at W embley ! ·Ceylon. The Ceylon Pavilion is based on the old buildings attached to the Sacred Temple in Kandy~ and is situated in a high position overlooking the Horticultural section. Overseas visitors are referred to Mr ~ - T. C. OwEN~ Hon. Commissioner General for Ceylon at the Pavilion. London Address : T. C. OWEN~ EsQ.~ c j o Ceylon Associa­ tion in London, 6, Laurence Pountney Hill~ Cannon Street~ E.C. 4· The Ind'ia·n Empire. High Commissioner : SIR DADIBA DALAL~ C.I.E., Indian Pavilion. Exhibition Commissioner: DEWAN BAHADUR VIJAYARAGHARACHARYA, Indian Pavilion. Commissioner for Burma: A. RoDGER~ EsQ._. I.F.S., Burma Pavilion. The Indian Pavilion is situated at the end of the lakes immediately adjacent to the Exhibition Station of the L. & N .E.R. The Burma Pavilion is on an adjacent sice. The India Building with its high minarets and its massive dome will stand out above everything else ; the towers on the top ·of the Burma Building are com­ posed of very handsome carved teak specially imported from Burma ; the Building will be approached through a handsome gateway over ornamental grounds in which a remarkable replica of a Burmese temple will be seen.

88 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBmON-continued.

New-foundland. Newfoundland Pavilion is situated on the right and next to the Home Government Building, and in close proximity to the bandstand, restaurant, ·· and main Exhibition station. The interior of the building will be decorated with mural paintings featuring the great industries of New­ I ~ foundland. In front of these paintings will be shown the actual ·exhibits. These ·exhibits will consist of the following :-Fishing, Mining, -Timber; Game and Inland Fish, Agriculture and Wild Fruits,- a complete set of Newfoundland Stamps, Firs and Beothic Relics. There will also be exhibited a model of- the Grand Falls_, Newfoundland. . . _ London Headquarters : High Commissioner (acting), CAPT. VICTOR GoRDON, s8, Victoria Street, s.w. I:. Colony of Southern Rhodesia. The Rhodesian Section of the Exhibition, com­ prising mainly a representation of the mineral and agricultural resources of Southern and Northern Rhodesia, is housed in the South African Pavilion. Chief Representative at Exhibition : SIR BouRCHIER WRAY, BART.; Secretary: MR. J. CoLLYER; Mining Representative : MR. B. LIGHTFOOT; Agricultural Repre­ sentative: Mr. C. MAINWARING. Agents for the Colony of Southern Rhodesia : THE BRITISH SouTH AFRICA CoY. LTD., 2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C. 2. Kenya Colony. The Kenya Colony occupies one-third of the East African building which is situated due north of the South African Pavilion. The chief exhibits are agri­ culture which include maize, flax, cotton, wheat, etc. Also a special Timber exhibit showing a panelled room and also a machine manufacturing pencils from Kenya Cedar Wood. _ _ The Chairman of the Kenya .Exhibition Committee is the HoN. ALEXANDER HoLM, Director of Agriculture; Secretary : CAPTAIN ALGERNON H. SMITH ; London

8g BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION-continued.

Representative : A. WIGGLESWORTH, EsQ., 82, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C. 3; London Committee: Chairman: LbRD CROMWORTH, M.C. ; Secretary : J. E. de LENGERKE, EsQ.

The Ma aya Pavilion.. The Malaya Pavilion abuts on the main S.W. entrance of the Exhibition, two minutes from Wembley Hill Station. The Exhibits represent the produce of the Straits Settlements, Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Labuan, Christmas and Cocos Islands, the Federated Malay States, Perak, Selangor, N. Sembilan and Pahang, and the Unfederated Malay States~ Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Trenggant.t, Perlis and Brunei. The Pavilion is staffed by officers of the Malayan Governments who will be pleased to answer any enquiries. Enquiries may also be addressed to the Malay States Information Agency, 88, _Cannon Street, E.C. 4·

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Commissioner for British Empire Exhibition: BRIGADIER-GENERAL c. E. RICE, C.B.E., D.S.O.

The Colony Pavilion is situated just south of His Majesty~s Government building. The exhibits include Sugar (the principal product of the Colony), Coconuts, Cocoa, Rice, Rubber, and many local products, tropical fruits, and forest industries. At the southern entrance to the building a specially designed tower has beet4 erected to carry a representation of the famous Kaieteur Fall, the largest known single drop fall in the world, being five times the height of Niagara. __ There will be an Information Bureau situated at the western entrance of the building. The Colony's Offices in London are at 5, Manor House, Marylebone Road, N.W. :r. Visitors interested in the Colony and - wishing information thereon are invited to call at either of the above.

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British Etnpire Exhibition Wernbley, London, April-October, 1924.

PATRON: If.M. THE KING.

PRESIDENT: H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

The British Empire Exhibition reproduces the whole of the British Empire in miniature. To visit Wembley is to travel round the entire globe.

What you will see. At Wembley you will see every machine known to man. If you wish to know how the various peoples of the Empire amuse themselves you will see all their games and pastimes in progress. Is Architecture your enthusiasm? Or Agriculture? Or Horticulture ? Or Wireless ? All these will be demonstrated to the fullest capacity of science. Gold and Diamonds will be dug from real mines. A vast Aquarium will hold the strangest fish from the seven seas. A Palace of Beauty will show some of Britain's most lovely women. The British Empire Exhibition will be a City of Pleasure., of Education., of Beauty., and of Wealth.

Admission., Children., I /6 Half-Price

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