Chance to visit wartime sites

This year marks the centenary of the armistice, ending the First World War, and also the centenary of the Royal Air Force.

To mark the occasion, I will be leading a coach party, between October 21 and 25,to visit France and Belgium to follow the events of 1918 on the battlefield.

We will follow the German spring advance and the allied response and victory in the autumn.

En route we will visit the centenary exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum in London to see original planes used in the war.

We will visit the armistice railway carriage in France and sites associated with the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, and Mick Mannock VC, the Cumbrian padre T B Hardy VC DSO MC, and the poet, Wilfred Owen.

We will also take part in the Menin Gate (pictured) ceremony in Ieper.

There will be an opportunity to visit a relative’s grave or memorial by prior arrangement.

We still have a few places left.

If any readers would like more details I can be contacted on 07710 270640, email johndavidraw@gmail. com or by post at the address below. David Raw, The Stable, Skirwith, Penrith.