Battlefield Tours

And thats the 1st wrap of 2026! A brilliant morning with stops at the Christmas truce area, Essex Farm @cwgc to talk poems & medical routes, #Ypres centre & finishing off full circle at the flying memorial at #StOmer. A fantastic week with a fantastic group! Now we head home!

A final good morning #Arras for this tour! A crisp 4.3 mile stroll around town, skirting the river Scarpe, before breakfast. Weather looking good for our group on their last half day on the #battlefields as we head to #Ypres then onto our final stop before home. #LetsRoll

An amazing final full day with our group of 4, & today was all about the war underground, & remembrance. Stops included the brilliant Wellington Tunnels, #StVaast #German Cemetery #NotreDameDeLorette, the ring of remembrance, & finally the @vimyfoundation tunnel & trench tour.

Good morning #Arras! A fresh and brisk 5 mile River Scarpe / Town walk to wake the mind today, before we take our group to some of the different experiences around the area. Weather looking good, mind refreshed, breakfast time then #LetsRoll!

An amazing day 3 with our group of 4 as today we looked predominantly at the war in the skies of #WW1! Stops amongst others included the #Arras flying memorial, #TheRedBaron crash site, the story of Mond & Martyn, #Thiepval, #Lochnagar, and Lanoe Hawker VC. Roll on tomorrow!

A final good morning #Dunkirk and a nice 4.6 mile walk to blow the cobwebs away before we head south & to the battlefields of #WW1 with our group! Today we will be looking predominantly at the air war and those who fought above the trenches! But first breakfast time! #LetsRoll

A packed but fantastic day 2 with our group of 4 friends. Today we finished the #Dunkirk story with stops amongst others on the canal, the 12th Division memorial, the batteries & of course the final word at the mole. A late low tide set the scene for a visit to the Crested Eagle.

Good morning #Dunkirk! A nice little 4.5 mile stroll to clear the mind before a very busy day with our group looking at the final stages of the retreat of Dunkirk & the little stories that make it even more special! First some breakfast, then #LetsRoll!

A very long but fantastic first day with our group of 4, as we looked at the holding lines of the retreat,& the start of the #Dunkirk corridor beginning to collapse at #StVenant. Then the emotional story of #Wormhoudt Massacre. Time to rest before a very busy day tomorrow! #WW2

And were off! The first tour of 2026 sees a real mix for our group of 4 friends,at their request. 2 days discovering the miracle of #Dunkirk, 2 days of lesser visited #WW1 sites & a day of something completely different! This is set to be a great season start! #LetsRoll!

We are pleased to announce that the National Army Museum will be the new home of the @LordAshcroft collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses. Find out more: nam.ac.uk/press/lord-ash…

Heres wishing all those amazing mums around the world a happy #MothersDay, and hope you have as good a day as you wish!

#PicOfTheDay The #Indian @CWGC Memorial at #NeuveChapelle #PasDeCalais. The memorial Commemorates all 4653 Indian men who fell on the #WesternFront in #WW1. It is located where the Indian Corps fought as a single unit for the first time in a major battle 111 years ago today.

And thats a wrap! Despite mist & fog for most of the day, 14 new @CWGC #Cemeteries visited & catalogued, from #Esquelbecq to #Faureuil & several inbetween, 11 new #ShotAtDawn headstones visited (we added a couple & still had time for a banging #burger at #AuBureau in #Arras!

Here we go! Cataloging day! 17 hours, 12 new @CWGC #cemeteries, ten new #ShotAtDawn burials, across the #WW1 #Battlefields of #France, and maybe even a #Burger somewhere along the line! #LetsRoll!

Our very good friends Ian & Dave are cycling the Western Front Way, over 500km across the battlefields of Western Front for the #Charity Combat Stress this September. If you can help in any way, no matter how small, it would help an amazing cause. justgiving.com/page/iananddav…

🚧 | Worksite – Bayeux Memorial | 🌺 We are currently carrying out work on our historic and iconic Second World War memorial in Normandy. The memorial stands opposite our Bayeux War Cemetery and bears the names of over 1,700 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in the region, and during the advance to the River Seine in August. The work is expected to be completed by the end of July 2026. Please visit our website for more information.

An impressive war memorial in Boulogne-sur-Mer commemorating locals lost in wars up to 1918. Pictured in June 2022.

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My new book published today - available from my website (signed copies), Amazon or Barnthorn - go to victoriacrossonline.co.uk/burma-campaign… to find all links