Reverend Canon Bruce Hawkins, guide to the battlefields for over 25 years, specialises in taking small groups of people to visit the major battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. Tour guests travel in groups up to eight people in an air-conditioned, executive minibus. Accommodation is arranged as appropriate for the tour in guest houses, hotels or historic mansions. Bruce will be pleased to discuss a bespoke tour for groups of friends or families wishing to visit places of personal interest.

Rifleman Tours is in association with Avanti Travel Insurance of Avanti Insurance Limited, registered in England No. 03882026

Telephone: +44 (0)1908 617264

Email: info@riflemantours.co.uk

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Run by a husband and wife team Rifleman Tours is a battlefield tour company based in the UK, specializing in small group tours of between 12 and 18 people to the WW1 battlefields of France and Belgium. Prices include executive coach travel and good quality accommodation. Tours are suitable for first time visitors and those with more specialist knowledge alike.

Rifleman Tours offer a number of tours scheduled during the year. Visitors wishing to pay their respects to a grave or visit a particular place of action during a tour can be accommodated (advance notice is required). Bespoke tours can also be planned around a group wanting to study a particular theme or visit special places of action.

Winner British Travel Awards 2012; ABTA No. V6468; Member of the Bonded Coach Holiday Group of the Confederation Of Passenger Transport UK Ltd.

Telephone: 0844 824 6351

Website: Battlefields

Shearings is the UK's number one coach holiday tour operator and has been organizing tours for over 100 years. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War Shearings is offering high quality guided coach tours and river cruises to the WW1 battlefields of the Western Front in France and Belgium. Shearings also offers WW2 tours and cruises.

Groups of all sizes - students, cadets, military personnel, associations - are very welcome to make enquiries at 01942 823 447.

For more detailed information visit the Shearings website or call to discuss your enquiry.

Telephone: +44 (0)1354 696 779

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Fully licensed and bonded tour specialists in ANZAC, British, Canadian, American and tailor-made tours. Badged guides & members of the Guild of Battlefield Guides (GBG).

Telephone: 01634 233785

Email: operations@spiritofremembrance.com

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Fully licensed battlefield tour company and travel agency led by a highly experienced team in travel and tourism combined with expert ex-Service guides with many years of experience in battlefield guiding. WW1 tours are just some of the destinations available for booking. Spirit of Remembrance not only offers travellers to the battlefields the means to visit all the major sites, but also provides a variety of tailor-made opportunities for travellers to personalize a tour, whether wishing to travel as a group or an individual.

Visit the Spirit of Remembrance website to read in detail about the many and varied tour and learning opportunities available, including:

Platinum tailor-made tours

Day tours: ANZAC, Canadian and Waterloo

2 - 8 day inclusive tours

Tailor-made tours for individuals and groups of all sizes.

Theme tours such as photography, painting and poetry.

“Who were they? Tours”: Personal tours helping you to trace your military ancestor, discover their story and build a tour around their story.

Telephone: +44 (0)1989 565599

Email: enquiry@takeustouring.com

Website: takeustouring.com

Specialising in private group tours to the battlefields for groups of 10 or more.

Badged Guide with the Guild of Battlefield Guides (GBG)

Telephone: +44 (0)1227 - 455 922

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Tours can be arranged by Dr Andrew Thomson for individuals, large or small groups, couples, corporate organizations, clubs and conferences. Dr Thomson is Badged Guide No. 14 with the Guild of Battlefield Guides.

Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides

Telephone: +44 (0)7848 976 142

Email: mawilliamsonuk@yahoo.co.uk

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Williamsomme Tours is a small, highly rated company offering bespoke tours of the Western Front for groups of 4-6, between March and November each year.

Mike Williamson has been operating the company since 2008. Since March 2015 he has been joined by Giles Guthrie. Giles is a former museum curator and a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides. Giles will research family members' roles in the Great War (free of charge) and tours will be arranged accordingly and will include visits to many of the major sites.