HISTORY SITES
The Waterloo Campaign 1815
Visit our online history recounting the events that took place on 16th to 19th June 1815 when the Allied Armies of Britain, the Netherlands and Prussia fought the French Imperial Army of the Emperor Napoleon.full story...
D-Day, 6th June 1944
Visit our online history recounting the momentous events that took place on D-Day, 6 June 1944 when the Allied 21st Army Group landed on the beaches of Normandy to begin the liberation of Northwest Europe from under the yoke of Hitler's Nazi German.full story...
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battlefield-tour.com
battlefield-tour.com is a family run company that concentrates on offering the personal touch that many of the larger tour operators are unable to achieve. We pride ourselves on giving our customers a package that is fantastic value and a battlefield tour experience that they will cherish forever.
Major Ian R Gumm
Major Gumm at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. |
I am retired British Army Major, professional battlefield guide and member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides. As a Guild member I endeavour to maintain the high levels of good practice and standard of service commensurate with the Guild's ethos.
It is my aim to provide you with a battlefield tour that is a truly unique experience and will leave you with memories that last forever. |
Battlefield tours are my passion, they are what I love to do and I feel extremely privileged to be able to take people to the battlefields of Northwest Europe "following in the footsteps" of an ancestor or relative on a genealogy tour, retracing the steps of a military unit or formation on a bespoke tour, or guiding them around some of the most important historical sites that have shaped the world in which we live on a personalised tour.
I have led tours for nearly ten years and visited the battlefields at: Ypres - Waterloo - the D-Day Beaches of Normandy - Passchendaele - the Somme - US Airborne sites of Operation Market Garden and the British Airborne at Arnhem - US Airborne and British Airborne sites of Normandy - Vimy Ridge - Messines Ridge - Agincout - Cambrai ... and many more.
Dedication
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
An extract from "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon
This website is dedicated to preserving the memory of those who fought for their country so that we may enjoy the freedoms we have today.
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