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This PRIVATE tour covers the Ypres Salient from Messines to Passchendaele spanning 1914 to 1918, we follow the Australian/Canadian/New Zealand/ South African/ British soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917, if you have ancestors that fell in the battle I will tailor the tour where possible to include them
Minimum x 2 guests Max x 4
** PLEASE NOTE**
( At least x2 to of the guests MUST be adults otherwise the tour is not economically viable )
This is a bespoke private tour
For groups larger than 4 please contact me in advance
09:00 AM
Ieper based pick up only, MINIMUM X 2 GUESTS please if you want to start in Lille, Arras or Bruges please see my other listings / min 2 people
here we will here the story of the Battle of Messines & visit mine craters, visit the scene of the Christmas Truce, the crypt where Adolf Hitler was treated for his wounds
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Here we will visit Pat Bugden VC the 20 year old recipient of the Victoria Cross also you'll be standing on the iconic Menin Road directly alongside where the Australian gun pits were for the assault on Passchendaele
15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
This site is where the Australian HQ was in September 1917, you'll also learn about earlier actions on the very same ground in Nov 1914
• Admission Ticket Free
Here will walk through the woods and visit concrete bunkers that were here when the Australian soldiers captured during the battle, we will visit the cemetery and the Australian 5th Division monument
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Here you will here the story of Captain Woodward and the 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy place a massive mine here that was blown at 3.10am on the 7th June 1917, we will see that crater
45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Driving through following the line of the Australian advance
• Admission Ticket Free
Here we will visit the worlds largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 12,000 soldiers are buried here, only 3,000 have names, two Australian VC recipients are buried here
45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Here we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields'
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Here you'll hear the story of the Menin Gate, how it came about and some of the stories behind the 55,000 names listed a missing here
20 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Driving through Zonnebeke in the line of the Australian advance
• Admission Ticket Free
Here we will see poignant original WW1 trenches and a quaint ww1 museum
40 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Operated by A Foreign Field WW1 Tours
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