Arthur K. (Arthur Keysall) Yapp

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Arthur K. (Arthur Keysall) Yapp

1869–1936

Best known for telling the story of the YMCA’s wartime service, this British organizer turned firsthand experience into lively, purposeful writing. His work opens a window onto how comfort, morale, and practical help mattered to soldiers during the First World War.

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The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire

The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire

by Arthur K. (Arthur Keysall) Yapp

About the author

Born in Herefordshire in 1869, Arthur Keysall Yapp built his career through the YMCA, beginning with local work in Leominster and rising to national leadership. He became a major organizer of youth and welfare work, and his public role grew especially prominent during the First World War.

Yapp is most closely associated with The Romance of the Red Triangle, his account of the YMCA’s support for British soldiers and sailors. Drawing on the organization’s wartime efforts, the book mixes history, testimony, and advocacy, giving readers a clear sense of how recreation huts, refreshments, and everyday kindness could become part of the war story.

He was knighted for his public service and later served as Deputy President of the YMCA before retiring in 1929. He died in 1936, and he is remembered both as a welfare organizer and as a writer who captured a practical, human side of wartime life.