Battlefield Walks

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  • Educational Guided History, Secondary School

Curriculum Included

Key Highlights

  • Expert guide support
  • Understand the nature of trench warfare
  • Learn about life in the trenches
  • Study the causes of the First World War
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About this trip

To meet an ever growing demand to include a more active component in our standard battlefield tours, Anglia has developed a series of battlefield walks. Each of these comprises a planned walk over battlefield terrain, with stops carefully selected to cover thematic or narrative components, chosen for their relevance to curriculum needs or the ground you are covering.

Whether it be the Redan and Hawthorn Ridges on the Somme, where so many died in tragic circumstances on 1st July 1916, Bazentin Ridge, where the British Army demonstrated the dramatic progress made just two weeks later, or the Passchendaele Memorial Walk from Zonnebeke to Tyne Cot, following the route taken by the ANZACs in October 1917, these walks allow your students to stretch their legs whilst exploring the ground in more detail than a traditional coach-based tour can allow.

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Study Themes

Your guided tour will incorporate the following key study themes to  support your learning back in the classroom.

Ypres

  • Causes of the First World War
  • The nature of trench warfare
  • Life in the trenches
  • The role of women
  • The uniform, equipment, and weapons of a British Tommy
  • German cemetery ethos: the role of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgrӓberfürsorge (VDK)
  • The role of the Commonwealth and former Empire
  • The ethos of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Somme

  • Kitchener's Army and the Pals Battalions
  • Recruitment
  • The Plan
  • ‘Going over the top’
  • 1st July 1916
  • The nature of trench warfare
  • Life in the trenches
  • The development of Mine warfare on the Western Front
  • The Somme – a British victory? 

Sites that may be included on a Battlefield Walk

  • Gheluveldt
  • Polygon Wood
  • The Bluff
  • Sunken Lane / Redan Ridge
  • Hawthorn Ridge Crater
  • Old Beaumont Road
  • Auchonvillers British Military Cemetery
  • Newfoundland Park
  • Mametz Wood
  • Flat Iron Copse
  • Bazentin Ridge
  • London Cemetery & Extension
  • Delville Wood
  • Becourt Military Cemetery
  • Messines Ridge
  • Spanboekmolen Crater
  • Bayernwald – German trench system
  • Essex Farm CWGC and Advanced Dressing Station

Sample itinerary

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3 Day WW1 Battlefield Walks

Your price will include

  • Fully guided service
  • Tailor-made itinerary
  • An executive coach for your exclusive use
  • Return crossings with ferry or Eurotunnel
  • 1 free teacher place for every 10 paying students
  • All entrance fees associated with your visit

Why choose Anglia for Guided History Trips?

At Anglia we care about our customers, our staff, the places we visit, the stories we tell and the organisations we work with. These key principles define who we are and what we do. We believe they are also the reason why Anglia is the market leader in fully-guided history trips for UK schools. We work with you to design a bespoke tour which meets the specific needs of your school and which supports what you are teaching in class. We start by asking what you want your students to see and what you want them to experience then build the tour around these requirements. A tour which, as the testimonials on our website show, your students will find thought-provoking, engaging and enjoyable.

Please can you pass on my thanks to both John and Sean who did a fantastic job as our guides on Friday. They were engaging and exceptionally knowledgeable which was noted by both staff and pupils. I would thoroughly recommend you as a tour provider, and hope to use you guys again in the future!

We definitely will be looking to re-book with you for next academic year
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