Newmarket Battlefield Tours

08/09/2024

Proud to be bearing the Royal British Legion Newmarket Branch Standard at the Victory in Japan Day Commemoration Service on 1 September 2024

31/07/2024

Delighted to have completed my training and am now a volunteer tour guide with the Museum of Cambridge, telling the extraordinary stories of ordinary people over the last 300 years with a collection of over 40,000 everyday objects

04/03/2024

A terrific day out in Cambridgeshire on Saturday. Introduced the We Have Ways Independent Company history group to the RAF Pathfinders with a visit to the Pathfinder Collection at RAF Wyton, commemorated some of the Pathfinders who gave their lives and are buried in the CWGC Air Force plot in the Cambridge City Cemetery, followed by a pint in the RAF Bar in the Eagle pub in Cambridge and a chance to inspect the WW2 ceiling graffiti.

12/12/2023

We've just released the dates for our small group battlefield tour holidays in 2024; we're off to Normandy, France, for six days for an introduction to the D-Day landings, and to Ypres, Belgium, for five days for an introduction to the WW1 Western Front.
Limited to a maximum of seven passengers per tour, these premium holidays place the emphasis on excellent customer experiences and satisfaction. Check out the link for further details and we look forward to welcoming you on a tour in 2024.

Small group battlefield tours and holidays

03/12/2023

Washington Rock State Park, Watchung, New Jersey. The memorial commemorates Gen George Washington and his troops' defeat of the British army under Gen William Howe in June 1777 during the American Revolution. As the inscription says "Lest We Forget".

22/11/2023

I thoroughly enjoyed giving my talk about RAF Oakington: War & Peace to the Willingham History Group last month, and I think the 45 people who turned up enjoyed it too. During my talk, I mentioned some incidents such as a WW2 mid-air collision nearby and an elderly chap said that he had witnessed it when he was a young boy! Another also witnessed a later aircraft collision and described how debris had fallen on him! Other eye witnesses and RAF Oakington veterans gave some of their personal accounts which provoked much discussion and really brought to life some of the stories. Thanks all for coming along and for sharing some of your memories. Hope I will be invited back to give another talk.

11/11/2023

Very proud to be the Standard Bearer at today's Armistice Day commemoration for the Newmarket Branch of the Royal British Legion

13/08/2023

After watching on TV for many years, one word sums up last night's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - AMAZING! Well done and thanks to all those involved in the performance and the staging of a such a fantastic show 👏👏👏

11/08/2023

Great day at Edinburgh Castle ahead of tomorrow's visit to Royal Yacht Britannia and the Royal Military Tattoo

28/07/2023

A great day out exploring 1400 years of history at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. Makes a refreshing change from WWI and WW2 history. Looking forward to learning more about the Dark Ages.

23/06/2023

Great day helping Class 6 to research some of the names on the local Friern Barnet war memorial. Impressed with their enthusiasm, research skills and presentations. Some terrific personalised headstone inscriptions. We will remember them

22/05/2023

Just back from a great research trip to Normandy. Followed the Canadians' progress from Juno Beach to Falaise, the birthplace of William the Conqueror. Then onto Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives where Maj David Currie of the South Alberta Regiment, 29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his inspired leadership while commanding a small battlegroup of tanks from the South Alberta Regiment and infantry from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Their actions during the fierce fighting helped to cut the one of the main escape routes from the Falaise pocket.

13/03/2023

Really enjoyed giving a presentation to the Willingham History & Iducation Group about the stories behind some of the names on Willingham's war memorial.

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09/06/2022

A terrific tour to Normandy to celebrate and commemorate those who were there on D Day and afterwards for the Battles of Caen and Normandy. The family I took were able to follow in their father's tank tracks.