Photograph taken from very close to the point where the Cinder Track leads out onto the Boar’s Head battlefield
Friday 9th May 2025 Fully Booked
Travelling by coach via Eurotunnel, this journey to France and Belgium marks the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Aubers Ridge, in which the Pals’ Battalions from our villages suffered terrible losses, a tragedy for the Royal Sussex Regiment which was to be repeated on the same spot only fourteen months later. Primarily, we shall walk the Cinder Track/Boar’s Head battlefield itself to learn what happened, and pay tribute to the soldiers at the adjacent memorial to the missing at Le Touret. Moving on through that same small area, the tour then reminds us that this was truly a World War by visiting sites of significance to our allies from Australia, India and Portugal.
Later, just outside Ypres, the museum and preserved trenches at Sanctuary Wood show us the stark reality of life and death at the front. Our journey ends in the centre of Ypres with supper in the town square, followed by attendance at the world-famous Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial.
Cost: £160 (includes guide, travel to and from pick up and supper in Ypres)
Pickup Ticehurst (06:40) and Goudhurst (06:45) Stop 24 M20 (07:30)
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