An important update on the restoration of the Menin Gate – April 2024
The first year of work on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s iconic Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial has been successful
Battle Honours
An important update on the restoration of the Menin Gate – April 2024
The first year of work on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s iconic Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial has been successful
Roy Mabel Returns Home It was a real treat to take 89 year old Roy Mabel back to the Isle of Dogs recently and follow the traces of war that shaped his early years. Roy lived in Glengall Grove, he wasn't sure of the number but remembers the street and The George Pub on the…
One question we're asked regularly is " ... but after Normandy, and after MARKET GARDEN, what happened next in Europe?" Whether or not you have family connections to Scotland, our Walking with the Jocks tour should satisfy the curious and beyond. The Allies were now fully committed to the invasion. It was decided to…
2023 was a very successful year for Battle Honours and a vital full year of trading and tours has put a spring in our step, and we hope you feel the same about the upcoming battlefield tour opportunities. Most of the forthcoming seasons tours are now on the website and bookings are open. We…
Did you know that the Gallipoli Association (GA) has started a battlefield study of the Helles sector? This is an important project as the Gallipoli battlefield is rich in the archaeology and artifacts of the campaign. Traces of trench systems, collapsed tunnels, stores dumps, bivouacs, dugouts, and craters abound the landscape. But, as each year…
With all the dreadful events in Palestine and Israel going on our thoughts naturally turn to previous historic battles from years past in this much tortured region. Back in 2017 Battle Honours ran a tour of the region looking at the British victory over the Ottoman forces, from Beersheva in the south to the Jaffa Gate in…