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October 2004 First World War Battlefields Trip

DAY 1

Vimy Ridge Memorial
Travel from Nottingham to France via Dover
Vimy Ridge Canadian Memorial
Accommodation near St Omer

DAY 2

Delville Wood Cemetery, Somme
Somme Battlefield
Lochnagar Crater
Thiepval
Delville Wood
Newfoundland Park
Serre Road Cemetery
 

DAY 3

Thiepval
Ypres
In Flanders' Fields Museum
Menin Gate
Langemarck German Cemetery
Tyne Cot
 

Memorial Service

Grave of 2nd Lt J G Roe (ON)
As a sign of respect to all Old Nottinghamians that fought and died in the First World War a wreath laying ceremony was held.  The grave was 2nd Lt John George Roe (ON, 1907-10) at the tiny Bridge House Cemetery in the Ypres Salient.
Report on Battlefields Trip
Report on Battlefields Trip - [33 KB] For a full report on the trip by Year 10 pupil, James Banks, click here.