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Battlefield Tours and Key Dates of WW1

Whether you’re taking a battlefields tour for the very first time, or you’re in need of some inspiration before planning your next journey, here’s a list of battlefield tours which cover key dates and moments of WW1.

AUG 1914 - DEC 1914
The Old Contemptibles at War

Key Dates:
  • 23 August 1914 Battle of Mons
  • 24 August 1914 Battle of Audregnies and Elouges
  • 26 August 1914 Battle of Le Cateau
  • 31 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres
  • 11 November 1914 End of First Battle of Ypres
  • 25 December 1914 Christmas Truce in Flanders

OCT 1914 - NOV 1916
All Quiet on the Western Front

Key Dates:
  • 31 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres
  • 22 April 1915 Second Battle of Ypres
  • 7 June 1917 Battle of Messines
  • 31 July 1917 Third Battle of Ypres
  • 25 September 1915 Battle of Loos
  • 9 April 1917 Battle of Arras
  • 1 July 1916 Battle of the Somme
  • 18 November 1916 End of the Battle of the Somme

OCT 1914 - MAY 1918
Crimson Coast

Key Dates:
  • 16 October 1914 Battle of the Yser
  • 10 July 1917 Battle of Nieuport
  • 9 September 1917 Etaples Mutiny
  • 23 April 1918 Zeebrugge Raid
  • 9 May 1918 Ostend Raid

OCT 1914 - SEP 1918
Flanders Fields - Britain's Bastion on the Western Front

Key Dates:
  • 31 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres
  • 22 April 1915 Second Battle of Ypres
  • 7 June 1917 Battle of Messines
  • 31 July 1917 Third Battle of Ypres
  • 9 April 1918 Battle of the Lys
  • 26 September 1918 Fourth Battle of Ypres

OCT 1914 - SEP 1918
Beer & Battlefields

Key Dates:
  • 31 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres
  • 22 April 1915 Second Battle of Ypres
  • 7 June 1917 Battle of Messines
  • 31 July 1917 Third Battle of Ypres
  • 9 April 1918 Battle of the Lys
  • 26 September 1918 Fourth Battle of Ypres

APR 1915 - JAN 1916
Gallipoli Battlefields by Air

Key Dates:
  • 25 April 1915 Landings at Gallipoli
  • 28 April 1915 First Battle of Krithia
  • 6 May 1915 Second Battle of Krithia
  • 4 June 1915 Third Battle of Krithia
  • 28 June 1915 Battle of Gully Ravine
  • 12 July 1915 Battle of Helles
  • 7 August 1915 Landings at Suvla Bay
  • 20 December 1915 ANZAC and Suvla evacuated
  • 9 January 1916 Gallipoli evacuated

APR 1915 - JUL 1916
Tunnellers on the Western Front - The Underground War

Key Dates:
  • 22 April 1915 Second Battle of Ypres
  • 16 June 1915 Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge
  • 7 June 1917 Battle of Messines
  • 1 July 1916 Battle of the Somme

FEB 1916 - DEC 1916
Verdun: The Mincing Machine

Key Dates:
  • 21 February 1916 Start of the Battle of Verdun
  • 25 February 1916 Capture of Fort Douaumont
  • 8 June 1916 Capture of Fort Vaux
  • 2 November 1916 Recapture of Fort Vaux
  • 18 December 1916 End of the Battle of Verdun

JUL 1916 - NOV 1916
Remembering the Somme

Key Dates:
  • 1 July 1916 Battle of the Somme
  • 15 September 1916 Flers-Courcelette and first use of tanks
  • 18 November 1916 End of the Battle of the Somme

JUL 1916 - NOV 1917
Fritz & Tommy – a View from Both Sides

Key Dates:
  • 1 July 1916 Battle of the Somme
  • 9 April 1917 Battle of Arras
  • 11 April 1917 Battle of Bullecourt
  • 3 May 1917 Battle of Arras: the blackest day
  • 16 May 1917 End of the Battle of Arras
  • 7 June 1917 Battle of Messines
  • 31 July 1917 Third Battle of Ypres
  • 20 November 1917 Battle of Cambrai

JUN 1917 - NOV 1917
They Called It Passchendaele

Key Dates:
  • 7 June 1917 Battle of Messines
  • 31 July 1917 Opening of the Third Battle of Ypres
  • 16 August 1917 Fighting at Langemarck
  • 10 November 1917 End of the Battle of Passchendaele

JUL 1917 - NOV 1918
Armistice 2017 - Passchendaele Special

Key Dates:
  • 31 July 1917 Third Battle of Ypres
  • 10 November 1917 End of Third Battle of Ypres
  • 11 November 1918 Armistice

NOV 1917
Battle of Cambrai Centenary Tour

Key Dates:
  • 20 November 1917 Battle of Cambrai

JUN 1815 - NOV 1944
The Battlefields of Belgium –
Campaigns from WWI, WWII & Waterloo

Key Dates:
  • 18 June 1815 Battle of Waterloo
  • 23 August 1914 Battle of Mons
  • 31 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres
  • 22 April 1915 – Second Battle of Ypres
  • 7 June 1917 – Battle of Messines
  • 31 July 1917 – Third Battle of Ypres
  • 9 April 1918 – Battle of the Lys
  • 26 September 1918 – Fourth Battle of Ypres
  • 6 September 1944 – Start of the Liberation of Flanders
  • 2 October 1944 – Operation Switchback
  • 1 November 1944 – Landings at Walcheren Island

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