1. Fields of Fire Tours 1-10 April 2017
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Fields of Fire Tours
1-10 April 2017

2. Agenda
Highlights
Schedule
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3. Highlights Juno Beach Centre Pegasus Bridge Dieppe
Ypres – Menin Gate Ceremony
Beaumont Hamel
Thelus – Gunners only
Vimy 100 Ceremony

4. On Arrival 2 April Meet buses at Charles de Gaulle
Guides will meet the flights to escort
Lunches on the bus
Travel to Normandy – 3.5 hours
Visit Juno Beach Centre and Beaches
Bus Hours – 8 hours per day

5. Ypres – 5 April 17 Depart Dieppe to tour The Salient
St Julian 1915
Mont Sorrel 1916
Passchendaele 1917
Cloth Hall Museum in Ypres
Stop at hotels in afternoon
Check in – Soldiers change into DEU
RV at Ypres Grand Place for group dinner
Attend Menin Gate Ceremony
Shuttle buses to hotels after ceremony – 2100 hrs

6. Vimy Tour Day – 7 April No access to site
Explain battle by visiting several sites in area
Notre Dame de Lorette
Lens Museum
1 Div memorial
Neuville German cemetery

7. Vimy Tour Day – 8 April Hill 70 ceremony cancelled/reduced
Gunner Thelus ceremony still GTG
Morning available for other activities
Givenchy-en-Gohelle
Signals tour
Amiens
Arras 1918
Canal du Nord

8. Vimy Day – 9 April 17 Long day at ceremonies 5 hours before event
Shuttle bus from Vimy village
Patience

9. Questions!