October 2004 First World War Battlefields Trip
Vimy Ridge Memorial

DAY 1

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

 
Delville Wood Cemetery, Somme

DAY 2

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

 
Thiepval

DAY 3

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

 
Grave of 2nd Lt J G Roe (ON)

Memorial Service

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.

 
Attached Documents
 
For a full report on the trip by Year 10 pupil, James Banks, click here.  (32.5 KB)