BATTLEFIELD TOURS
Lectures
We've extensive experience in delivering insightful and captivating lectures to Academic institutions, Clubs, Societies and private functions. Subjects include the Somme, Waterloo, Ypres, the Dambusters, the Architecture of Remembrance (CWGC) and others upon request.
The Unknown Warrior;
He now lies in Westminster Abbey as a focal point to the tragic cost of the great war. Whilst many know where he lies, fewer know how and why he got there. This moving and thought provoking story is documented in full throughout this lecture.
The Architecture of Remembrance
How the CWGC came into being.
Many have visited the War graves in France and Belgium, those silent Battalions who lie in such tranquillity. Fewer people realise how this came about and who were responsible for these temples of serenity that we so admire today.
Waterloo
9 desperate hours on that hot Sunday of June 18th 1815 ended Napoleon’s European ambitions and secured peace for the next 50 years. Did Wellington win it or did Napoleon lose it?
This is possibly the most dramatic battle in British history.
The Somme
The Battle of the Somme, particularly the catastrophic opening day, is often regarded as symbolic of the wastefulness and tragedy of the British combat experience in the Great War. However a German Staff officer described it as “the muddy grave of the German Army”. A paradox worthy of further examination.
Ypres
“I should like to acquire the whole of the ruins of Ypres; a more sacred place for the British race does not exist in the world.” What made Ypres so special in Winston Churchill’s eyes? Despite the 4 battles that raged around the city, it never fell to the German onslaught and almost 250,000 allied casualties are testimony to the heroic resistance.
The Dambusters
Regarded as possibly the finest feat of flying in World War II, this raid by 19 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron against the great Dams of the Ruhr is a story of ingenuity, great skill and enormous courage in the face of fearsome odds.
The sinking of the Bismarck
Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power. In the course of the warship's eight-month career, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation that lasted 8 days in May 1941, codenamed Rheinübung
Upcoming Lectures
The sinking of the Bismarck,
25th Jan 2025