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Ypres and Passchendaele - Locations Visited
 
Essex Farm - while working here as a Canadian Army surgeon that John McCrae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields". Originally the site of an Advanced Dressing Station, the surgeons' dug-outs can still be visited. Essex Farm Cemetery is a burial plot for more than a thousand British soldiers. The grave of Private Strudwick, aged 15, is often visited by British students.
 
Pilckem Ridge - Pilckem was the scene of the first German Gas Attack in April 1915 during the opening phase of the Second Battle of Ypres.
 
Langemark German Cemetery - the "Kameradengrab" or mass grave contains many of the casualties of the Student Battalions who encountered the professionals of the BEF during First Ypres.
 
Vancouver Corner - site of the Memorial to the Canadians who died holding the line after the gas attack and near the "Totenmuhle" observation post.
 
Tyne Cot Cemetery - largest British War Cemetery in the world containing almost 12,000 casualties and recording the names of 35,000 missing.
 
The Menin Road - scene of bitter fighting at Gheluvelt, Hooge and the Bellewaerde Ridge.
 
Hellfire Corner - originally a crossroads just outside Ypres, Hellfire Corner earned its name because it was one of the most heavily-shelled junctions in the Salient.
 
Sanctuary Wood & Hill 62 - museum containing many fascinating artefacts with preserved trenches to the rear. The entrance fee is 80 Belgian Francs payable on arrival.
 
The Menin Gate - commemorates 55,000 Missing of the Ypres Salient. The Last Post is sounded every evening in a short ceremony commemorating the fallen of the Salient.
 
 

A typical 1-day itinerary
 
Pick-up from school at 06.30 hours and travel by executive coach/cross-channel ferry to Calais. Battlefield tour followed by return to Calais for early evening ferry to UK returning about 21.30 hours.
 
Itineraries can be tailored to your requirements but please note that this is an arduous tour and schools in the North should think in terms of a 2-day itinerary. Contact us now by clicking here.
 
 
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