World War One – 01
5 to 7 days
Five Day Itinerary
Items in Red are Must Sees
Items in Blue are Possibles, as time allows
Day One – France
Depart Lille, France 9 a.m.
Battle of Vimy Ridge – April 9 – 14, 1917
Vimy Monument
Notre Dame de Lorette
Ring of Remembrance
Battle of Hill 70 – August 15 – 25, 1917
Hill 70 Memorial @ Loos-en-Gohelle
Arras – Tour of Wellington Tunnels
Day Two – France
Canadians First Battle in WWI – Fleurbaix, February/March 1915
Fleurbaix/Neuve-Chapelle
- Indian Memorial
- Portugese Memorial
Battle of the Somme – July 1 – November, 1916
- Beaumont Hamel – Newfoundland Memorial
- Courcelette
- Adanac Cemetery
- Regina Trench and Cemetery
- Thiepval Memorial
- Bapaume Post Cemetery
Menin Gate Ceremony, Ypres, Belgium – 8:00 p.m.
Day Three – Belgium
Behind the Lines
Poperinghe
- Talbot House
- Shot at Dawn
- Dozinghem Cemetery/walk
- Lijsenthoek Cemetery
- Poperinghe Old British Cemetery
Lunch in Kemmel or Cassel
The 2nd Battle of Ypres – April 22 – May 9, 1915
Vlamertinghe
Essex Farm and John McCrae
- walk on the dyke to area where In Flanders Fields was written
- meet with local historian
Day Four – Belgium
Kitcheners Wood
Langemark German Cemetery
St.Julien Memorial – Vancouver Corner
In Flanders Fields Museum
Day Five – Belgium
Passchendaele – The 3rd Battle of Ypres, July 30 – November 10, 1917
- Walk up to Passchendaele Ridge from Varlet Farm
- Passchendaele Canadian Memorial
- Passchendaele Museum
- Tyne Cot Cemetery
