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Forgotten Battlefields of WW1

The battles of 1915 and the fighting at Arras and Cambrai in 1917 are important, but often forgotten battles of WW1. This battlefield tour helps explain their importance and take us off the beaten track. We begin with an in-depth look at the Battle of Loos and visiting the site of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. We move on to pay our respects at the Loos Memorial to the Missing before a day in northern France looking at the Battles of Fromelles. We spend our final day learning about the battles of Arras and Cambrai.

Tour Includes

  • 4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
  • Specialist Battlefield Guide
  • Convenient local joining points

5 days from £569pp

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Itinerary

Local departure by coach, then to our hotel in Bethune, where we stay for four nights.

Today we look at the Battle of Loos in September-October 1915. We visit the site of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, seeing Quarry Cemetery and the 46th (North Midland) Division Memorial.

At St. Mary’s Cemetery, we examine the story of Rudyard Kipling’s son, Jack, seeing what may be his grave, we will then then visit Le Rutoire Farm.

In the afternoon we visit Vermelles, see the Loos Memorial to the Missing and Dud Corner Cemetery. The day will end at the Lens 14-18 Museum which commemorates the fighting in this region of northern France.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

Loos Memorial & Dud Corner Cemetery Quarry Cemetery

We begin with an in-depth look at the Battles of Fromelles. We see VC Corner Cemetery and the Australian Memorial Park, a 1915 British Memorial. We will also visit the Fromelles Museum and Pheasant Wood Cemetery, which was created after the discovery of a mass grave here, many years after the war.

Lunchtime is spent in Bethune. In the afternoon we visit the Le Touret Memorial, see the Indian Corps Memorial at Neuve-Chapelle and the Portuguese Cemetery, remembering this often forgotten ally.

We end at Givenchy, where we look at the war underground and remember Yorkshire Tunneller Hero, William Hackett VC. Hackett was the only tunneller to be awarded the Victoria Cross, and we will be seeing where his action took place and visiting the memorial.

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Key Visits

Indian Corps Memorial Pheasant Wood Cemetery VC Corner Cemetery Le Touret Memorial William Hackett VC Memorial

Our final day is spent on two of the battlefields of 1917. We start in the Arras area and see the memorial to the Hull Pals at Oppy, then follow the story of the Royal Naval Division at Gavrelle.

In Roeux we see a German bunker and then look at a disastrous cavalry attack and the role of Newfoundland troops at Monchy-le-Preux.

Following lunch in Arras, we see the Arras Memorial to the Missing, and then follow the road to the Cambrai battlefield where tanks were used in November 1917.

We see the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing, visit the new Tank Museum with an original Mark IV tank recovered in 1998, and end on the Flesquières Ridge Battlefield.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

Arras Memorial to the Missing 37th Division Memorial Monchy-le-Preux Cambrai Memorial to the Missing Tank Museum, Flesquières Memorial to the Hull Pals

Return home.

Includes Breakfast

Single Room Supplement from £149.00 (5 days).

Accommodation

You will stay for four nights at the 3-star Ibis Styles Bethune Bruay.

Ibis Styles Bethune Bruay

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General
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Silver Service Coach

More than simply your method of transport, Silver Service offers a coach with added comfort and facilities, such as deluxe reclining seats with leather headrests, an onboard entertainment system, and a spacious rear lounge so you can socialise with your fellow passengers.

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Silver Service Features

  • Specially designed reclining seats, with leather headrests, footrests and extra legroom.
  • A spacious rear lounge where you can relax, socialise and get to know your fellow passengers.
  • Our onboard entertainment and satellite navigation system makes your journey fly by.
  • Free personal headphones mean you can tune into the music channel, listen to the radio or watch DVDs being played by your crew.
  • Personal tables so you can enjoy your refreshments in comfort as you take in the passing scenery.

Reviews

4.9 Out of 5 ( 8 Reviews )

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4.9 / 5

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4.5 / 5

Nigel Richardson , 0 years ago

Good accommodation, good guide and a cery good driver.

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Graham Merrick, 0 years ago

The tour was well organised and the guide very knowledgeable. My grouse is with the Leger Customer Call Centre. I tried to make contact a few days after returning to ask a question and my request registered on the phone button system was ignored. Three times! I think this is shoddy and left me feeling disappointed with Leger. Even now I would appreciate a call to ask what my enquiry was.

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Stephen Beard, 0 years ago

The guide Tim was brilliant and very informative. The crew member Stephen could do with an upgrade on customer service as he never smiled and hardly said a thank you. That is my only gripe.

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Andrew Mcleish, 0 years ago

We had a guide (Tim Thurlow) who really knew his stuff. The bus crew Helen and Steve were always pleasant and helpful.

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Colin Picozzi, 0 years ago

Tim was an informative and knowledgeable guide.

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Tim luscombe, 0 years ago

An excellent tour and an excellent guide in Tim Thurlow. He brings all the battlefields and history of World War One into life. The days were full on but you expect that from a battlefield tour. They are the positives. The slight negatives are that unfortunately the coach crew,Helen and Steve,were not overly friendly. Not a major criticism but could have been a bit more interactive with the passengers more. Strangely they were nice to us on the last day(probably expecting tips!). This was a slight let down on the holiday. The second negative was that the coach was parked away from the hotel so we all had to take our luggage and walk a bit to the hotel. Didn’t bother me too much but not great for the slightly older passengers on the tour. I just wish leger would offer some sort of loyalty scheme,points etc for those that have done a few tours with them. This was my 15th battlefield tour with them. As a single traveller the single room supplements are a killer and adds extra costs for a not so cheap tours. That’s why I can only afford one tour a year now. Any bit of help with costs wouldnt go a miss.

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