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Mons & Ypres VC Tour - VC's Of The Somme Tour

Dates - Chosen By You!

We are proud that we are now able to offer two set battlefield tours based around the sites and resting places of some of the commonwealths bravest men who fought in world war one. 

Paul Grimley has worked as a volunteer guide as well as carrying out his events duties with the VC Trust at the Ashworth barracks for several years before its closure, whilst also taking groups both large and small across the battlefields of the Somme and Salient telling the stories of how the commonwealth's highest decoration for valor whilst under fire was earned and awarded.

We are now lucky enough to have teamed up with Paul and can now offer two amazing tours through out the year with dates to suit you and your group from groups as small as five up to and including thirty nine. Pauls knowledge and enthusiasm on the subject of the Victoria Cross and its recipients is up there with the best and having worked with him for several years and seen him in action many times, we can guarantee you will try one tour and immediately want to do the other!

The tours we are now offering are - 

Mons & Ypres VC Tour - Three Day Tour - Price dependent on numbers 

Stops will include but not be restricted to and will include several others not listed -

Day One - 

Lijsenthoek Cemetery – Frederick Tubb VC
Mendinghem Cemetery – Bertram Best-Dunkley VC
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery – Francis Grenfell VC
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery – John Skinner VC
Brandhoek Cemetery – Noel Chavasse VC & Bar

Day Two -

Casteau – The First & Last Shots of WW1
Nimy Bridge – Maurice Dease VC & Sydney Godley VC
St Symphorien Cemetery – Maurice Dease VC
Baillieul – Thomas Mottershead VC
Free time in Ypres

Day Three - 

Essex Farm – Thomas Barrett VC
Oxford Road Cemetery – Clement Robertson VC
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery – Harold Ackroyd VC
Perth (China Wall) Cemetery – Frederick Birks VC & William Johonston VC
Railway Dugouts Cemetery – Frederick Youens VC
Bedford House Cemetery – Rupert Hallowes VC
Tyne Cot Cemetery – 6 x VCs ( 3 x graves and 3 x memorials)

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VC's Of The Somme & Other Notable Sites - Four Day Tour - Price Dependent On Numbers 

Stops will include but not be restricted to and will include several others not listed -

Day One - 

Frommelles, Cemetery/VC Corner/Diggers Memorial
Hermies (Bradford VC),
Givenchy a La Bassee (Hackett VC)

Day Two - 

Adelaide Cemetery (Australian Unknown Warrior),
Villers Brettoneaux (Brillant VC)
Delville Wood (Gill VC, Hill VC, Davies VC, & Faulds VC)
Mametz – Flat Iron Copse Cemetery (Dwyer VC)
Donald Bell VC Memorial
Dartmoor Cemetery (Miller VC) & Norfolk Cemetery (Loudon-Shand VC)
Lochnagar Crater
Pozieres – Memorial & surrounding area (Jacka VC, O'Meara VC, CastletonVC, Cooke VC, Seaforth-Blackburn VC, Leak VC)

Day Three - 

Thiepval Memorial To The Missing Of The Somme (Bell VC, Buckingham VC, Wilkinson VC, St George Shillington-Cather VC, Young VC, Mariner VC, & McFadzean VC)
Ulster Tower
Beaumont Hamel, Hawthorne Ridge
Serre, Sheffield Memorial Park
Boucquoy Road Cemetery
Vimy Ridge ( Milne VC, Sifton VC, Pattison VC, MacDowell VC)

Day Four - 

Loos Memorial to The Missing
Mud Corner 
St Marys ADS Cemetery 

These tours really are a must for anyone with an interest in the history of the Victoria Cross, its recipients, the areas they were earned in and the stories behind the men that were awarded them. Not only that but you will also visit some of the must see sites in the areas we visit that just cannot be missed. 
For anyone with an interest in these special tours please contact us via email at enquiries@baxters-battlefieldtours.com or give us a call on 07545242257






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