Baxters Battlefield Tours. A family run battlefield touring company offering a more personal feel to set & bespoke tours of the Great War & WW2 Battlefields
Surrey - United Kingdom
Joined March 2015
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As the days begin to grow short, and the pressures of this time of year start .... remember .... you are enough, you are wanted, there is always another way.
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#PicOfTheDay The seldom visited #Tourcoing (#PontNeuville) Communal @CWGC #Cemetery #Nord.
Started by the #Germans during #WW1 & then taken over by medical units of the allieds in November 1918, just over 200 men now stand easy here, including 68 #British prisoners of war. – at Tourcoing, France
#PicOfTheDay The very seldom visited Cretinier @CWGC #Cemetery #Wattrelos. The men here all fell in the area across the two world wars. 11 men of #WW1 rest here alongside 36 men of #WW2 who were holding the line as the retreat to #Dunkirk was in full flow.
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🇧🇪 Next year, we reach an extraordinary milestone - 100 years of commemoration at our Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper, Belgium.
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Good luck to these guys today who start their 500km + cycle of the #WesternFront, they are doing it for a fantastic #Charity, @CombatStress so If you have a spare pound please help them on this amazing adventure using the link below - @buskingbobby
justgiving.com/page/ianandda… – at Dover, England
#PicOfTheDay A lesser visited site, #Tournai Communal @CWGC #Cemetery Allied Ext. Started in Nov 1918 by medical units in the area, & added to after the #Armistice, 821 men now stand easy here including 117 #Russian burials & 52 #WWII burials of the men retreating to #Dunkirk
Today we remember all those who were caught up in, or affected by the events that changed the world forever, 25 years ago today. #WeWillRememberThem – at Lower Kingswood, South East
#PicOfTheDay #Bruyelle @CWGC War #Cemetery #Hainaut #Belgium. The 147 men resting here, bar one all fell as they protected the line while thousands of men retreated to the beaches of #Dunkirk. All killed in May 1940 they held the line on the river Sceldt,64 miles from the beaches – at Banstead, South East
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Approaching the coastal cities of Portsmouth and Plymouth from the sea, or cruising up the Medway towards Chatham, you will inevitably notice great stone obelisks emerging along the coast.
These powerful landmarks, topped with immense stone globes, stand sentinel over the coasts and docks from which Commonwealth seafarers set sail in the World Wars.
These stone monoliths are the Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham Naval Memorials: our chief sites for naval commemoration.
Elsewhere, in the heart of London, next to the iconic Tower of London and Tower Bridge, a bronze hall leading onto a quiet garden skirted by a memorial wall reveals itself: the Tower Hill Memorial, commemorating merchant seamen and fishermen who died serving the war effort in the World Wars.
Read our Naval Memorials Guide blog, link below.
#PicOfTheDay The very very rarely visited #MortagneDuNord Communal @CWGC #Cemetery. Not all men rest in vast well looked after cemeteries. In this local french village cemetery, 5 men now stand easy, all passing between Aug 1917 & Mar 1918. All were buried by the local villagers. – at Banstead, South East
#PicOfTheDay Another rarely visited site, #Valenciennes Communal @CWGC #Cemetery. Originally used by the #Germans, the allieds began adding to it in Nov 1918 after the village was taken. More were added after the #Armistice. It was used again in #WW2. 919 men now stand easy here. – at Banstead, South East
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On August 4, 1914, in the early hours of the morning, German forces crossed the frontier into neutral Belgium, the opening phase of the Schlieffen Plan violated Belgium’s neutrality guaranteed by the 1839 Treaty of London. At 11pm GMT Britain declared war on Germany.
A final good morning #Bayeux for this tour! No morning stroll today as a long day ahead travelling, but not before we take our family group to three final stops. Today we end the tour with the final landing beach, and remembrance. But first ..... #BreakfastTime! – at Bayeux, France
Another brilliant day with our group as we headed to the #American sector. Stops & talks included the #German #Cemetery, the filthy 13 memorial, the amazing #DDayExperiece & its simulator, #StMereEglise, Utah beach,& finishing at the #BandOfBrothers memorial. Now time for dinner! – at Bayeux, France
Another brilliant day with our family group! Today was all about the beaches & #German defense. Talks amongst many were, #JunoBeach to talk #Canadians & Charles De Gaulles return,the Stan Hollis VC action & harbours at #GoldBeach then gun batteries at #LonguesSurMer! #TopDay!
A fabulous finish to the day, a great group meal, the burger was top draw! Then into town for the beautiful light show on the #Bayeux #Cathedral. Definitely time for some rest now! – at Bayeux, France
Another long day with our family group, but what a day! We started with the #Gliders at #Pegasus, then some of the more quirky stories at #Ranville @CWGC #Cemetery & lunch with the boys. Next was the attack at #Merville before various discussing #Commandos at #SwordBeach!
