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If you study World War One and are a follower of football then the name Walter Tull should be instantly recognisable to you. If not then here is his story. Walter Tull’s father was a carpenter from Barbados in the West Indies who came to England in the 1880’s and married a local woman. Adversity was no stranger to Walter being of mixed race and at the age of ten...

It’s that time of the year again where you struggle to think of that perfect Christmas gift for the person who has everything? Let us help! We have a wide choice of two, three, four and five day WW1 and WW2 battlefield tours. We even have gift vouchers that can contribute to a battlefield tour. We can arrange a personal visit to a particular cemetery or memorial to...

For the last seven months the Last Post Ceremony under the Menin Gate has taken place under the watchful eyes of the Menin Gate Lions. These two proud looking beasts originally stood as guardians either side of the Menin Gate before and up to the First World War. Damaged in the bombardment and destruction of Ypres they were given to the Australian Government by the...

The Battle of Cambrai was an attack launched in November 1917 against the vaunted Hindenburg Line and is known for the first use of tanks en masse having been used firstly on the Somme in September 1916. These great lumbering machines helped break the deadlock on the Western Front but were criticised for being prone to mechanical failure and also being very slow...

By October 1918 General Ludendorff, the Quartermaster General of the German Armed forces, had to admit that his plan to hold the Allies at the Hindenburg Line had failed and that his last reserves were now exhausted. His troops were demoralised and worn out and the time had come to seek the first opportunity to sue for peace. The propaganda machine in Germany had...

The Third Battle of Ypres which would become better known as Passchendeale would start on the 31st July 1917. Throughout the month of August, German counter attacks had limited the success expected by the British General Sir Douglas Haig. A swift change in Army commanders (Plumer replacing Gough) helps somewhat and throughout the following months of September and...