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WWI Battlefields – Ypres Salient & The Somme

 
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By taking your pupils on a school Battlefield tour or trip you can really develop their understanding of the events leading up to and during WWI, and enhance their appeciation of the sacrifices made.

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In Ypres Salient our itineraries usually focus on the events of 1917, the battles of Messines aqnd Third Ypres, often known as Passchendaele, in which terrible casulaties were taken on both sides.  At the Somme on 1st July 1916, the British Army suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, the campaign then continued until mid-November for a maximum gain of seven miles.
An added visit to Verdun can add a French dimesion to your students studies.

Curriculum Focus

Following the events of 1917, a tour to the Ypres area concentrates on the period from the beginning of The Messines Offensive in June to the end of The Passchendaele Offensive in November. Other events within The Salient are also studied. On The Somme, a tour will follow the events of the 1st July in considerable detail.

 
  • The scale of a World War I offensive
  • The strategies and weaponry used
  • The day to day routine of life in the trenches
  • The effect of war on the areas you visit
  • Reconstruction work of the 1920’s and 1930’s 
  • The political, economic and social effects of the war in the inter war period

And more...

 
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3-Day Inclusive Ypres & Somme Packagecoach icon
from only£179pp*
travelling November 2009
 MorningAfternoonEvening
Day 1Morning departure from schoolTyne Cot British Cemetery, Langemark German Cemetery, In Flanders Field Museum. Check into Ypres accommodation.Optional meal at Den Anker restaurant. Last Post Ceremony.
Day 2Sanctuary Wood MuseumEn route to the Somme: Notre Dame de Lorette Cemetery, Wellington Quarry. Check into Somme accommodation.Evening meal. Free time in Albert.
Day 3Musée Somme 1916. Lochnagar Crater.Delville Wood, Thiepval Memorial & Visitors' Centre, pass by Ulster Tower en route to Newfoundland Park. Depart area for return journey to school.
Price includes:
  • Executive coach transport from & to school & throughout your stay¹ 
  • 2 nights full-board accommodation at Motel Compact Lodge/ Poppies d'Albert includes packed lunch from day 2
  • Visits shown
  • Extensive group travel insurance 
  • Generous free place ratio of 1 in 8
*Prices shown based on 35 paying passengers departing on 10/11/09 & are subject to availablility. ¹ Subject to EU drivers' regulations.

Other dates & prices are available. Please call for details.

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