From Bruges or Lille Christmas Truce to Passchendaele private WW1 Ypres tour in 사용된
From Bruges or Lille Christmas Truce to Passchendaele private WW1 Ypres tour
브뤼헤 또는 릴에서 크리스마스 휴전 협정까지 파센달 개인 WW1 이프르 투어
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This tour is for guests that want to start their battlefield tour of Ypres from towns and cities further afield, for ex Bruges, Ghent, Kortijk, Dunkirk, Lille, Arras
A unique 1 to 1 private tour, With all the stops added together we cover 53 miles / 90 KM's of battlefield sites and memorials
This tour covers the Ypres Salient from Messines to Passchendaele spanning 1914 to 1918, we follow the Australian/Canadian/New Zealand/ South African/ British soldiers as they attacked towards Passchendaele in 1917, if you have ancestors that fell in the battle I will tailor the tour where possible to include them
Last Post Ceremony at 20.00 hrs then return to Brugse hotel
Minimum x2 guests Max x5 Not a private tour but small group size max 5
Itinerary
Messines Ridge
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Freehere we will here the story of the Battle of Messines & visit mine craters, visit the scene of the Christmas Truce, the crypt where Adolf Hitler was treated for his woundsHooge Crater Cemetery
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere we will visit Pat Bugden VC the 20 year old recipient of the Victoria Cross also you'll be standing on the iconic Menin Road directly alongside where the Australian gun pits were for the assault on PasschendaeleThe Black Watch
Admission Ticket FreeThis site is where the Australian HQ was in September 1917, you'll also learn about earlier actions on the very same ground in Nov 1914Battle of Polygon Wood
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere will walk through the woods and visit concrete bunkers that were here when the Australian soldiers captured during the battle, we will visit the cemetery and the Australian 5th Division monumentHill 60
45 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere you will here the story of Captain Woodward and the 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy place a massive mine here that was blown at 3.10am on the 7th June 1917, we will see that craterBroodseinde
Admission Ticket FreeDriving through following the line of the Australian advanceTyne Cot Cemetery
45 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere we will visit the worlds largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 12,000 soldiers are buried here, only 3,000 have names, two Australian VC recipients are buried hereJohn McCrae Site
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere we will see the hospital site where Lt Col John McCrae composed the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields'Menin Gate Memorial
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere you'll hear the story of the Menin Gate, how it came about and some of the stories behind the 55,000 names listed a missing hereZonnebeke
Admission Ticket FreeDriving through Zonnebeke in the line of the Australian advanceSanctuary Wood Museum
40 minsAdmission Ticket Includedunique original trenches from the Great War
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