1 DAY BATTLEFIELD TOUR : THE SOMME

Somme

Your tour commences in Lille, where you meet your specialist Battlefield guide at the tour departure point. Today we tour the Somme battlefields covering major sites from the calamitous first day through the whole five months of the battle. You see Delville Wood, the Welsh memorial at Mametz Wood, the huge Lochnagar mine crater, the sunken road where the Lancashire Fusiliers suffered terribly, the Pozieres battlefield and Windmill Hill (both important site for Australians), Courcellette, site of the first major use of tanks supporting Canadian troops, and the nearby the tank memorial. We include the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing and the Ulster Tower. An undoubted highlight, however, will be the incredibly preserved Beaumont Hamel battlefield site. Your tour concludes back in Lille this evening.