IJ and CG |
30th June 2016
The exercise commenced with an overview of the First World War and life in the trenches by visiting the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke, Ypres.Passchendaele Museum Zonnebeke |
Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke Combatants Uniforms |
Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke Faces of World War One |
1st July 2016
At 07:30 on 1st July 2016, exactly 100 years after the men went over the top on the First Day of the Somme, we were there on the position of the British trenches at La Boisselle, now the location of the Tyneside Memorial.
La Boisselle 1st July 2016 Last Post being sounded |
La Boisselle 1st July 2016 Northumbria ACF |
La Boisselle 1st July 2016 Tyneside Scottish Branch RAA |
Ovillers Military Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice |
Ovillers Military Cemetery |
The contribution of the Indian Army was remembered by a visit to the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapelle.
Indian Memorial Neuve Chapelle |
Footballers Memorial Ploegstreet |
Footballers Memorial Northumbria ACF |
Back to Ypres to remember the Knott Brothers, in particular Major James Leadbitter Knott killed on the Somme 1st July 1916.
Knott Brother's Graves Ypres Reservoir Cemetery |
Menin Gate Ypres |
Menin Gate On Parade |
2nd July 2016
In Flanders Fields MuseumIn Flanders Fields Museum |
In Flanders Fields Museum |
Tyne Cot Cross of Sacrifice |
Tyne Cot Graves and Memorial Wall |
Tyne Cot Remembrance |