Battle Honours

National WWI Museum and Memorial Tour - The Battlefields of Champagne
2023-10-22 08:00 - 2023-10-27 17:00 (Europe/London) | Battle Honours Limited, Hill Farm Barn, Stowmarket Road,, Ringshall, Suffolk, IP14 2HZ, United Kingdom
Tour Dates: 22-25 October 2026 Price Per Person: £815:00 Single Supplement: £200:00 Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Arras (3 nights) TOUR LIMITED TO JUST 20 PEOPLE

The Poets of the Great WarThis tour visits the locations where several of the First World War combatant poets fought and will enable participants to understand the contexts out of which their work arose and to celebrate that work. We shall visit sites at Loos, Arras, the Somme and Ypres. We will draw not only on the poetry but also on some of the memoirs, diaries, novels and letters of these poets. The tour will touch on on the war service and writings of Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, Isaac Rosenberg, Ivor Gurney, Hedd Wyn, Francis Ledwidge, John McCrae, Edmund Blunden, David Jones, William Noel Hodgson, Robert Graves, Roland Leighton, Richard Aldington and Charles Hamilton Sorley. The tour will be led by the battlefield guide and authority on First World War literature, Vivien Whelpton. Tour inclusive of Pick Ups in Central London, Ebbsfleet & DoverExcutive 35 seat coach throughoutThree night’s bed and breakfast at the three-star Holiday Inn Express, ArrasReturn crossing by DFDS FerrysViv Whelpton as guide throughout

Day One Thursday 22 October 2026 0700 Depart central London by coach 0940 Check in for ferry crossing 1040 Ferry crossing and lunch 1315 Depart Calais 1430 Arrive Loos area for visits including following poets – Robert Graves, Charles Sorley and the Jack Kipling story18.00 Arrive Holiday Inn Arras Day Two Friday 23 October 2026 0900 Depart hotel 0940 Arrive on the Somme for visits including the following poets – Roland Leighton, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Noel Hodgson, David Jones 1340 Lunch at Auchonvillers Tea Rooms 1500 Thiepval Memorial 1545 Further visits including Edmund Blunden, and Wilfred Owen 1730 Depart for hotel 1815 Arrive hotelDay Three Saturday 24 October0900 Depart hotel 1030 Arrive in the Ypres Salient for visits including John McCrae, Edmund Blunden, Francis Ledwidge and Hedd Wyn 1330 Lunch in Ypres 1445 Ivor Gurney Memorial 1530 Tyne Cot Cemetery 1630 Depart for hotel 1815 Arrive hotelDay Four Sunday 25 October 0900 Depart hotel 0930 Visits in the Arras area including Siegfried Sassoon, Edward Thomas and Isaac Rosenberg 1200 Lunch in Arras 1415 Depart for Calais 1530 Arrive Calais 1635 Depart Calais 1705 Arrive Dover 1930 Arrive central LondonPlease note the maximum group size on this tour is 20 passengers.

BookingDeposits can be paid via BACS transfer (IBAN if overseas) both account details are on the bottom of the booking form.If you wish to pay by credit card, drop us an email and we will send you the relevant link.Cheques can be made payable to “Battle Honours Ltd”

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