World War 1 Battlefield Tours – 2010 (cont.)
The tour list gives the full index of all of our battlefield tours, pilgrimage tours and war graves tours for both WW1, WW2 and other notable battles and conflicts. Expanded details of all battlefield tours are also available in our brochure, contact us for a copy.
World War 1 – Battle of the Somme War Walk
Walk the Front Line of 1st July 1916 – our most popular War Walk.
20th – 23rd August
4 Days, 3 Nights
£450.00
This tour visits the Loos Battlefield and Memorial on route to our Hotel. The next day sees us at Gommecourt, the most northerly part of the British Front Line on the fateful morning of Saturday 1st July 1916. With the assistance of trench maps that will be issued to you, we will follow the line down through Serre, visiting the Sheffield Memorial Park, along through Beaumont Hamel, through the Ancre Valley, and up to Ulster Tower and Thiepval, Leipzig Salient, Ovillers and La Boiselle.
On day three we start off at La Boisselle, visiting Sausage and Mash Valleys, Fricourt, Mametz, Mansell Copse, Carnoy, and eventually Maricourt, where we visit the start of the French Front Line Trenches.
Day four is taken up with a visit to the Arras Tunnels and Vimy Ridge, our afternoon ferry then takes us back to Dover, where we continue our journey home.
The coach and courtesy car will be accompanying us during the walk, which will be completed at a leisurely pace, with regular breaks and battlefield presentations by the staff. Stout walking shoes are recommended. Special Visits can be undertaken in the car/coach during the walk.
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World War 1 – Plugstreet Wood and Salient Point
Ypres Battlefields and Somme Tour – 'A Walk Round Plugstreet' and 'Salient Points' the excellent book by Tony Spagnoly and Ted Smith
15th – 18th October
4 Days, 3 Nights
£450.00
This tour visits the Loos Battlefield and Memorial en route to our hotel. The next day we visit the Ypres Battlefields, visiting Ploegsteert Wood with a guided tour of the area. We will also cover several of the personalities included in Salient Points 1, 2, 3 and 4, the highly acclaimed books co-written by Tony Spagnoly and Ted Smith.
We visit Messines, Hellfire Corner, travel the Menin Road, visit a museum and study the preserved trenches. Journey up to the infamous Passchendaele, visit Tyne Cot Cemetery, see Vancouver Corner, Langemark, Poelcapelle and stand at the dugouts where Lt. Col. John McCrea wrote that immortal poem In Flanders Fields at Essex Farm Cemetery. Finally we will witness the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. Special Visits to any Cemetery in Salient.
The following day we cover the Somme Battlefields, visiting Delville Wood, Longueval, Mametz, Lochnagar Memorial Crater at La Boisselle, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Ulster Tower, Beaumont Hamel, Butte De Warlencourt, the town of Albert to visit the underground Museum and the Basilica with its Golden Virgin. During the day a fully guided tour is given with regard to the Battle of Somme 1916. Special Visits during the day.
On the final day we will visit the Cambrai and Vimy area, taking in Special Visits en-route home.
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World War 1 – Armistice 92nd Anniversary Tour
92nd Anniversary of Armistice in Ypres and Somme visit
9th – 12th November
4 Days, 3 Nights
£450.00
Day 1 – This battlefield tour departs from Birmingham visits to the Somme and Ypres with Special Visits en-route to the Hotel.
Day 2 – We visit Albert, Thiepval, Beaumont Hamel, Delville Wood (Devils Wood), South African Memorial & Museum, Mametz Wood, High Wood, Lochnagar Memorial Crater, Pozieres, Ginchy, Guillemont and Butte De Warlencourt, taking in Special Visits and many other places of interest.
Day 3 – Armistice Day, we visit Ypres and participate in the Service of Remembrance at the Menin Gate, after which we have a tour of the Ypres Salient seeing such places as Passchendaele, Tyne Cot, Langemark, Pilkem Ridge, Essex Farm, Messines Ridge, Ploegsteert, The Cloth Hall, St George's Chapel and many other places of interest.
Day 4 – En-route home we visit Vimy Ridge, to see the preserved trenches and Canadian Memorial. Special Visits en route to Hotel and on the return to the ferry on the final day.
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World War 1 – 92nd Anniversary of Armistice at Thiepval Memorial
Somme and Ypres Battlefield visit
9th – 12th November
4 Days, 3 Nights
£450.00
Day 1 – This battlefield tour departs from Birmingham visits to the Somme and Ypres with Special Visits en-route to the Hotel.
Day 2 – We visit Ypres and have a tour of the Ypres Salient visiting Passchendaele, Tyne Cot, Langemark, Pilkem Ridge, Essex Farm, Messines Ridge, Ploegsteert, The Cloth Hall, St George’s Chapel, with participation in the Service of Remembrance at The Menin Gate at 8.00 pm, and many other places of interest.
Day 3 – Armistice day we attend the Armistice Service, at Thiepval, visit the town of Albert, Beaumont Hamel, Delville Wood (Devils Wood) and South African Memorial and Museum, Mametz Wood , High Wood , Lochnagar Memorial Crater, Pozieres, Guillemont, Ginchy, Butte de Warlencourt, taking in Special Visits and many other places of interest.
Day 4 – En-route home we visit Vimy Ridge, to see the preserved trenches and Canadian Memorial. Special Visits en route to Hotel and on the return to the ferry on the final day.
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