Meet The Anglia Tours Team

Brian is an ex-Warrant Officer in the Parachute Regiment who has been leading battlefield tours for the past twenty years. Originally from Nottingham, he joined the Army in 1974 as a Junior Soldier and rose through the ranks, reaching Warrant Officer Class 1 in 1995. He retired from the Army in January 2013 after 38 years’ service. Brian has had an extensive career serving across the globe, from South Africa to the Arctic Circle, from California to Hong Kong, and in Northern Ireland on operations. His long infantry experience and knowledge of tactics, gives him a soldier's eye for ground and the implications of terrain on the weapon systems of any chosen period. Brian has a long-held interest in military history, particularly the Second World War. He uses his own experiences and knowledge of history to bring to life for his audiences what the soldiers of the day saw, felt and experienced. Whilst his passion is World War 2, he also guides Waterloo, the Western Front and Gallipoli for school, military and adult groups. Brian is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team and an accredited Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides – Badge No 18.

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Susie comes from a strong military family, with all three services being represented. She spent 23 years as a Regular soldier serving with the Royal Corps of Signals in a variety of roles and operational theatres, it was early on during this career that she developed a keen and professional interest in Military History. On leaving the Regular Army in 2019, she transferred to the Army Reserve as a soldier before commissioning as an officer. She also set herself up as a self-employed battlefield tour guide/manager. Susie has a passion for bringing soldiers' stories to life, delivering an emotional rollercoaster, giving a feel for what it must have been like for soldiers and being able to give a comparison and contrast with her own operational experience, whilst also inspiring the next generation.

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Ian led his first tour for Anglia back in 1998, since which he has guided more than 400 groups on tours to the First World War battlefields, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. Ian is also licensed to guide groups at the Sachsenhausen Memorial. Ian combines his guiding commitments with the role of Educational Development Manager for Next Generation Travel. He works closely with teachers, educationalists and exam boards to ensure that each of our products supports key learning objectives whilst also providing every student with an unrivalled educational experience that will engage, inspire and motivate them.

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Beth has had a keen interest in military history since first being introduced to the topic as a teenager. Initially interested in the Second World War, she developed a passion for the study of the First World War after going on several battlefield tours whilst attending secondary school. Beth’s knowledge has been developed through her academic background alongside a personal appetite for self-directed study. As well as being a battlefield tour guide, Beth is a co-director of the Great War Group, a charity set up to promote education on, and further commemoration of the First World War. Beth hopes through her work that she can inspire the next generation, particularly young women, to have a passion for all aspects of history, as she was inspired by her teachers and those around her. Beth is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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As the son of a former History teacher, Andy came in to conflict history at a young age, before graduating in Modern Languages and working in hospitality management. Andy’s experience covers a range of subjects and conflicts, including Waterloo, Napoleonic naval conflicts, the Normandy landings and tours in London and Copenhagen, but he specialises in the Great War battlefields of the Western Front. Lately, Andy has studied for a Masters in the British History of the First World War and since February 2019 has been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial.

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Steve spent 12 years as a regular soldier serving with the Royal Military Police in a variety of operational theatres. On leaving the Army, he joined the Metropolitan Police and served for a further 23 years. Following his retirement, he established himself in a second career as a Military Historian and researcher and in this capacity has worked on a number of TV productions including, 'Who Do You Think You Are?', 'Find My Past' and 'The One Show'. He was also one of the panel experts on the 'BBC WW1 Roadshow'. For the past twenty years, Steve has been involved in archaeology on the Western Front and in this capacity both as historian and archaeologist has been involved in a number of television productions on the subject. As a battlefield guide, Steve has been leading groups of all types to the battlefields of WW1 and WW2 for over 25 years. He has been guiding for Anglia since 2003 and is licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial. Steve is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Andy graduated in History from London University. After 15 years in ‘the City’, he trained to teach History. Andy taught for 17 years, becoming a Vice Principal of a large secondary school, and completing a Masters in Educational Leadership. He has now returned to a deeper study of his passion – History - and wishes to share the exploration and experience with those who visit the battlefields and historic sites. In particular, he is keen to develop understanding of the First & Second World Wars and the Cold War. This keenness was ignited when Andy’s school went on one of Anglia’s first tours! With fellow Anglia guide Nathalie Harty, Andy co-authored an all-in-one revision and exam practice book, which supports the AQA GCSE 9-1 History topic ‘Conflict and tension between East and West 1945-1972’. Since February 2019, Andy has been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial.

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Sean graduated with a History degree from the University of London, taught history in secondary schools for 14 years and holds a Masters degree in Education. Combining a passion for history and travel, he has visited over seventy countries. A qualified Expedition Leader, Sean has led nearly 500 educational visits - he is also licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial. Sean combines guiding on Great War, Weimar and Nazi Germany, Holocaust and Cold War tours with the role of Product Development and Safety Management System Coordinator with Anglia Tours.

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Alain is the former Managing Director and Chairman of Anglia Tours, a company he co-founded in 1997. As well as continuing to guide, he still visits schools and gives evening presentations. As a former soldier, he can empathise with the men whose stories he tells, with a passion that makes his audiences feel they were there. His areas of expertise are WW1 and Germany, where he spent time serving during the height of the Cold War. Since February 2019, Alain has been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial.

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John spent 24 years in the British army as a helicopter pilot and staff officer during which time he developed a professional interest in military history. He was awarded a PhD in history by the University of Leeds and has authored and contributed to several books on Second World War subjects. John’s chief interest is in the development of warfare from the First World War, through the Second World War to the Cold War. Hence he is familiar with Twentieth Century battlefields across Europe; from Malta to Berlin and from the Somme to Monte Cassino. John is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Since 1984 Dickie has been involved with military history after listening to many WW1 stories from his grandfather who served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1913 to 1919. In 1986 he joined the Royal Anglian Regiment TA. Dickie runs a military Living History group who portray the British Soldier of WW1 and WW2 participating in educational displays for the public and schools. Dickie is a Specialist Military Extra for TV  and Films and has participated in many productions eg. ‘The Somme, from Defeat to Victory’, ‘Private Peaceful’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘The Sainsbury's WW1 Christmas advertisement’ to name but a few. Dickie is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Julian joined Anglia Tours in 2015 after a long career as a Chartered Accountant, retiring in 2013 as a Partner in a national practice. Julian is a graduate in Modern History from the University of Oxford and his passionate interest in Twentieth Century History stems from his student years. In the Second World War, his father served with the RAF and his uncle with the Welsh Guards, but it was his grandfather speaking about his First World War service with the Devonshire Regiment that sparked Julian’s interest in that conflict. His grandfather returned to France and Belgium in 1974 and he was featured in a newspaper article which Julian has kept to this day.

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Mark is a retired Army officer who flew helicopters for the Army Air Corps and saw service around the world. A survival expert and alpine mountaineer, he has a passion for the outdoors and still leads Army ski mountaineering expeditions. He also has a passion for history and in particular World War One. Although he is often found treading the battlefields of the Western Front, he has also gained experience touring the Gallipoli peninsula. Closer to home, Mark has developed an interest in Irish History and events surrounding the ‘Easter Rising’ and the Irish Civil War. He particularly enjoys working and engaging with student groups. Mark is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Roger has had a lifelong interest in history and has a degree in History from Warwick University. There is a strong military tradition in his family. His grandfather served throughout the First World War, his father served in the 8th Army in the Second World War whilst his brother spent 30 years in the Royal Navy. Roger has regularly visited the various battlefields of the Western Front over the past twenty years and now holds a licence to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial. Roger has a passion for the subject and a keen desire to inspire another generation.

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Dave converted to teaching from engineering in 2000. He has a BA in History from Birkbeck (London), an MSC in the History of Science Technology and Medicine and a PGCE from the Institute of Education. He retired from teaching after 12 years as Head of History. Dave has guided for Anglia since April 2006 and has taken school groups to the First World War battlefields, Berlin, Auschwitz, Normandy and Hastings. He is married to Anne and has twins at university.

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Andrew retired from the RAF as a group captain in 2005 after 36 years service, over 30 of which were in the intelligence specialisation. He is a graduate of the RAF Staff College. He has worked in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, the Gulf and Germany, including six years in Berlin and East Germany at the height of the Cold War. He has a particular interest in World War 1, driven by his two grandfathers who served then in the Gloucesters and the Yorkshire Regiment. Berlin in World War 2 and the Cold War remains Andrew's main interest and he been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial since February 2019.

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Since retiring from the Army Tim has become a full-time military historian. A lifelong enthusiast, over the years he has taken the opportunity to visit the battlefields across Europe and some far-flung locations. Tim is author of over twenty books and guides, covering the Peninsular, First and Second World Wars. This portfolio is complemented by over twenty-five years’ experience of conducting military and civilian battlefield tours and studies. From his early TV appearances, including ‘Time Team’, Tim is now Director of Production for Battlefield History TV and has worked on documentary films from Vikings to Korea. Tim is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Moray Treadwell is an actor who has appeared in 'Eastenders', 'Wuthering Heights', '2.4 Children',  'Pirates of the Caribbean II' and 'Downton Abbey', amongst others. In recent years, he has toured as a member of the cast of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, worked with the Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, and most recently appeared as Capulet in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds. As a young man he was a member of the National Youth Theatre and went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting where he graduated with the ‘Actor's Cup'. His interest in the battlefields stems from his own family experiences as ‘warriors for the working day' in both world wars. His acting skills bring alive the battlefields for students, especially during the Christmas Truce tours, when he portrays Unterofficer Jozef Wenzl. Moray also guides Anglia’s Holocaust tours to Poland.

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As a co-founder of Anglia, Ed has worked for the company as a guide and Tour Leader for over 15 years. A keen amateur historian, he has long held an interest in military history and in particular the equipment and dress of WWI. Ed is able to impart his knowledge to young people and to help students understand how, when and why events happened. Since February 2019, Ed has been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial.

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For nearly 3 decades, Frank had a successful career within the creative industry as a designer – he created Anglia’s ‘Student Great War Aide-Memoire’, which has been a great success. He also served 10 years in the 70th (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, part of 71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment (V), and had the distinction of having been the youngest qualified tradesman in the regiment at the age of 19. Frank has been guiding since 2006 and is a badged member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides. In 2011, Frank received the Richard Holmes Award for services to the Guild and since 2019 he has been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial. Frank is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Rob gained a Masters degree from the University of East Anglia. He has taught history to ‘A’ level in England and New Zealand and worked as a postgraduate tutor for Buckingham University. He is fascinated by modern European history and the history of Germany in particular. He is licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial and his interest in the Great War was sparked by a visit to Ypres on Armistice Day 1984. Rob enjoys helping young people to engage with and gain a deeper understanding of some of the conflicts that have torn Europe apart.

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Dr Kate Vigurs joined Anglia Tours early in 2014. She is a professional freelance historian who is an acknowledged specialist in 20th century conflict - especially resistance activity in Occupied Europe, the Holocaust and the Cold War. Kate has first-hand knowledge of living in Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Kate is the author of ‘Mission France- the true story of the women of Special Operations Executive’ for Yale University Press. She also works as a consultant for various museum projects, including a recent exhibition at the National Memorial Arboretum for the anniversary of D-Day. Kate runs the historical interpretation company ‘History’s Maid’, producing and performing scripts for English Heritage, the National Army Museum and the Royal Armouries, as well as lecturing on a variety of subjects. She regularly appears on national and local news and radio on a wide variety of topics.

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Martin Featherstone joined the infantry in 1965. After serving 10 years in the ranks, which included several tours of Northern Ireland and a stint as a Sergeant instructor at the Jungle Warfare School, he was commissioned at Sandhurst. Further service as an officer included Northern Ireland, the Falklands, several attachments to African armies and a tour as a tactics instructor at the Infantry Battle School in Brecon. A total of 28 years service! He has two married daughters, one of whom served 16 years as an officer in the British Army. He is an experienced solo Adventure Traveler who was made a Fellow Of The Royal Geographical Society for leading several Amazon expeditions. Since February 2019, Martin has been licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial.

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Andy White served in the Intelligence Branch of the Royal Air Force from 1985 to 2011, reaching the rank of Wing Commander. During that time, he saw operational service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Iraq, working closely with UK and Allied air and ground forces. He also worked with a variety of intelligence and special forces agencies, both national and international, at home and abroad. Andy has been a battlefield guide since 2001, with experience in guiding school, adult and military groups. His expertise areas are Normandy, Arnhem, the First World War and Berlin where he holds a licence to guide at Sachsenhausen Memorial. Andy is a member of our ITG RealIties of War guide team.

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David was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1972 and has seen service in Northern Ireland, Kenya, Cyprus, Germany, Norway and the Dhofar Region of Oman. He is currently employed as the Director of Training for the Institute of Groundsmanship. He is married with two children. David has had a long interest in military history and has been a battlefield guide since 1996. His particular area of expertise is the D-Day Landings in Normandy. David is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Andrew Duff was commissioned into the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1967. On leaving the Regular Army, he joined the TA and served as a staff officer with 5th Airborne, 24th Air Mobile and 16th Air Assault Brigades before retiring in 2002. He has always had a keen interest in military history and in particular the part played by the "Poor Bloody Infantry". Andrew is a founding Director of Battlefield History TV.

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Rick retired from the army in 2003 after 24 years of service with the Royal Horse Artillery, serving in Germany, Bosnia, Canada and the UK. He recently returned from Afghanistan and the Middle East where he was working as a civilian contractor for ISAF/NATO in Kandahar and Bastion airbases. Rick's interest in military history and walking battlefields stems from being given a group of WW1 medals as a young child and visiting the areas where they were won. He currently resides with his wife Chrissie in the sleepy village of Shipton Bellinger on the edge of the Salisbury plain. Since February 2019, Rick has been licensed to guide at Sachsenhausen Memorial. He is also a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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David Barron comes from a family of soldiers of various types and abilities, who have served the Crown, with the exception of Cromwell, William of Orange and the early Hanoverian Kings, since the 17th century. He was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1979 and served in the army for 35 years, retiring as a Lt Colonel. He has a lifelong interest in history - as a 5-year-old, he expressed the opinion that the Second World War was won by Winston Churchill and his father. His army career fostered a passion for military and regimental history and he hopes that he is able to pass this enthusiasm on to those he guides. David is licensed to guide at Sachsenhausen Memorial and is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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John is a retired Police Officer with more than 40 years experience of visiting, studying and walking the Western Front battlefields. A frequent visitor to Germany, John is licensed to guide at Sachsenhausen Memorial. He also holds current qualifications in both adult teaching and Health and Safety.

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Tim joined the army at the age of 16 and served with the Army Air Corps in the Falklands War, Northern Ireland, Berlin and Kenya. After leaving the forces, he began working in the field of social work and Probation and has been active in developing support services for military veterans returning to civilian life. Tim’s interest in military history has led to frequent visits to battlefields in the US, Europe and South East Asia. He is author of a number of books on the military and social history of the World Wars and is involved in a variety of community projects commemorating aspects of the Great War.

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Gary has been interested in Modern History since school and has been a regular visitor to the battlefields of Europe since his days in the Army. He has led, and organised, motorcycle and walking tours in Normandy, the French coastal defenses, Somme, Ypres and in the UK and has planned WW1 & WW2 tours for both 1st and 2nd Battalions Royal Anglian Regiment and the Regimental Association. Gary served 8 years in the Royal Anglian Regiment, as both a regular and reservist, leaving with a local rank of Sergeant. He also served 27 years in the Police in a range of roles including Specialist Firearms Officer/Instructor, Search Officer, Counter Terrorism, Covert Surveillance and Counter Surveillance. Gary currently works as guide for the Royal Anglian museum at Duxford, which involves guiding the public, schools, cadets and serving units. He is also a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Mark has been a Battlefield Guide for over ten years, and particularly enjoys being involved in personal research, to make a soldier’s story relevant in the modern age. His background is from the hospitality industry, but he became a self-employed guide as a means to further his interest in the battlefields of the Western Front, and to gain a greater understanding of the men who fought in the conflict. Mark believes strongly that education is essential to preserve the memories of a remarkable generation, both of his grandfathers served in the Ypres Salient. Mark lives with his partner in Llangollen, North Wales.

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After a long career as a classroom English teacher, Dave relishes the chance to work with young people in a different environment, sharing his enthusiasm for learning about the human experience of World War 1. Accompanying battlefield tours as a teacher ignited his interest and he particularly enjoys linking sites visited to a school’s home area while researching relevant stories about unheralded individuals. Dave has taught war literature and directed plays about warfare and its effect; he also led school projects and tours to Ghana several times, Namibia and South Africa as well as the battlefields. Dave also works as a supply Teaching Assistant in an SEN school and volunteers with the CWGC, having also supported young offenders in the community.

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John was born in Aldershot into a military family, his father being a serving soldier in the Parachute Regiment. He spent his childhood years living in various garrison towns in the UK and Germany, including Berlin. At the age of ten, John returned to the Midlands until he was seventeen and then followed the family tradition of joining the army. John served with the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment from 1984 until 1989 and then joined West Midlands Police. Since 2001 he has been involved in the organisation and research for numerous trips and pilgrimages to commemorate the police officers and men of the Midlands killed in conflicts since the beginning of the twentieth century. John has a passion for telling the story of the ordinary everyday person who is caught up in some of the most dramatic events in the history of their own families and communities. He is also a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Carol has had a lifelong fascination with the Great War, thanks to the stories passed down by the women of her family. She has a Masters Degree in the History of Britain in the First World War and is currently completing a PhD, in which she is studying the Great War manpower problems through the lens of the military service tribunals. Inspired by the work of Anglia Tours, Carol is very keen to encourage a whole new generation of enquiring minds to become enthused in a subject that has always been of huge significance to her.

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Chris has served 30 years as a professional soldier, initially in the Australian Army in the infantry, finishing with the British Army Air Corps, flying for 21 years. Now retired, he flies with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance based at RAF Topcliffe. Having always had a keen interest in Military History, he has often managed to visit historical sites whilst "on tour" with the Army.

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Gary joined the Royal Air Force in 1984 and is still currently serving. He has completed numerous operational tours with all 3 services, which have included Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He has a passion for military history and an enthusiasm for telling the story of the serviceman’s day to day life to the next generation. This resulted in him being a nominated finalist in the “Sun” newspaper “Millies” awards and being awarded the Chief of the Air Staff’s Commendation. Gary is a veteran of historical re-enacting and Living History, specialising in the Second World War. This has opened the door to TV and film work, but more importantly, he has been involved in bringing the past to life. Gary has delivered tours for a variety of groups, both civilian and military, and enjoys nothing more than sharing his passion for history with people. He is a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides and also our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Eugenie has a great military family background. Her father was a decorated Spitfire and Hurricane pilot in WWII; and her grandfather, also highly decorated, was an ‘Old Contemptible’ in the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade Machine Gun Section, serving throughout the Great War. Two great-uncles were killed during the Great War, another a POW in Germany and it is from this family history that her interest in military history and the importance of Remembrance and respect grew from an early age. Prior to guiding, Eugenie worked for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission before serving for 33 years in the Police, retiring from the Metropolitan Police Royalty Protection Department as a firearms supervisor in 2014. During her time in the police, Eugenie arranged and led numerous battlefield tours for colleagues to pay their respects, tracing their relatives who fell during war. She has led many tours to Normandy, the Western Front, Belgium, Poland and in the UK and has conducted recces for tours of Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and India prior to COVID. Her groups have included family groups visiting their relatives' graves after researching their stories, school groups, adults, military groups both adults and cadets and numerous veterans’ groups. Eugenie enjoys introducing people to the battlefields, bringing them to life, telling the stories of the men and women who are buried and commemorated there and making it all relevant to her audience, ensuring that the sacrifice of so many is never forgotten by this and future generations. She is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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After serving for 22 years in the Royal Armoured Corps as a tank commander and gunnery instructor, Allan became a History teacher in 1998 serving a further 9 years in the Army Reserve. Allan began guiding battlefield tours in 1999. Since his first tour to Normandy, Allan has guided over 200 battlefield tours for Regular and Reserve military units, schools and numerous adult groups of all sizes from many nations to the battlefields of Europe. Allan has also guided on the battlefields and campaigns outside the two World Wars such as Waterloo, Agincourt and Berlin amongst others. Allan also regularly gives talks and presentations on Military History and more to local groups and organisations and has appeared on television. Allan is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team and an accredited Guide of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides, holder of Badge 66. During the Covid-19 pandemic became a Volunteer Guide for the CWGC, taking many visitors to the CWGC locations near his home in Dorset.

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After graduating with a degree in Modern Languages from Cambridge University, Charlotte originally moved to Berlin to study for an MA at the Free University of Berlin - and has stayed ever since. She has extensive guiding experience across the city, including being licensed to guide at the Sachsenhausen Memorial. Charlotte combines her guiding with her work as a translator and language teacher.

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Chris joined the army in 1976 as a boy soldier and on completion of his basic and trade training in the Royal Signal he was posted to Germany. After a brief spell at a Signal Regiment he was posted to the 1st Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment undertaking an operational Tour in Northern Ireland. After subsequent tours in the province Chris was posted to an Arctic Warfare Unit serving in Norway and Turkey. Chris returned to the Royal Signals depot training both junior and adult soldiers including TA Officers. Chris transferred to the Royal and Electrical Mechanical Engineers in a training role and spent time at the depot and Army Training Regiment Pirbright as the Company Quarter Master Sergeant. Subsequent to this Chris moved as a Company Sergeant Major to a field company undertaking tours of the Balkans. Promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major and then commissioned, Chris carried multiple tours of Iraq and Afghanistan as Quartermaster. During his time in the Army Chris has planned, organised and delivered multiple battlefield studies and staff rides to Italy, America, WW1 western front and Gallipoli, WW2 Europe and most recently Sicily. Chris has a passion for military history and in particular logistics.

Bill retired from the Metropolitan Police as a Mounted Branch officer following 29 years’ service, the majority of which was spent within the Specialist Firearms Command. An Army Reserve Warrant Officer, he has completed operational tours in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan and is currently serving with 144 Parachute Medical Squadron. Bill is passionate about engaging students of all ages with the incredible history and personal stories of the British Army during the First World War. He is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Geoff has made a career of helping young students and adults.  Latterly, he spent 7 years as an Anglia client, accompanying his school on WW1 battlefield tours, before finally giving in and joining the team. He has a long history of research into the First World War for his own and friends’ families. Geoff has a passion for all aspects of history and for encouraging young people to explore and enjoy their own experiences and to learn the lessons from the past.

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John has a Masters degree in Philosophy and taught History and more recently Politics over a 38-year period. He has been a Head of History, Head of Sixth Form and an Advanced Skills Teacher. He has taught GCSE Modern World History and Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, to A-Level. He undertook his first tour of the battlefields of the First World War in 1987 and has organised and run trips virtually every year since then, including to Berlin and Auschwitz. Since he retired from teaching in 2018, he has pursued his hobby of touring battlefield and historic sites with Anglia Tours to encourage the next generation to understand and appreciate the personal aspect of warfare and the lives of those who lived through the years of 1914 onwards.

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Chris joined the Royal Marines in 1978 and served with 40 and 42 Commando, and with Royal Marines Poole. He saw service in Northern Ireland and as a Section 2i/c in the Falklands War in 1982 and has significant front line combat experience in both conflicts. Specialisations in the Royal Marines were military intelligence and reconnaissance. He is currently employed as a lecturer delivering and leading a Degree programme for the UEA. He is married to Dawn and they have four grown-up children and two grandchildren. He has a Masters degree in Military History and is a specialist in Conflict Landscape History, alongside a Teaching degree. He has always been interested in military history and has been involved with several military history books as both a contributor, illustrator and editor. His particular area of interest is the ‘man on the ground’. He is currently writing a book for Pen and Sword about the Falklands Conflict of 1982 with particular emphasis on ‘the man on the ground’ on both sides. He is also a fully-qualified climbing and mountaineering instructor and guide in all aspects of mountaineering throughout the world.

Robert is a battlefield tour guide and is currently writing a C-IED manual for the UN along with military history books on the SAS, SOE and the Cold War. He retired from the British Army where he worked in the fields of IEDD and intelligence, working for UKSF and DIS. He subsequently managed training for the UN and NATO in Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, Nigeria and Somalia. His battlefield tour expertise and experience includes the American Civil War, WW1, WW2 and the Cold War on sites in the UK, USA, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Sicily, Crete, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Poland and the Balkans. Robert has a Masters degree in Global Security from Cranfield University and lectures at UCL on intelligence and defence matters and counter-proliferation. He is also a member of our ITG Realties of War guide teami

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Rob spent 17 years in the Army as an Infantry Officer, staff officer and instructor. Retired, he is now an MOD Civil Servant, part-time military historian and self-confessed military history ‘nut’ with a passion for introducing people history. Prior to joining the Army, Rob trained as a museum curator, working in the Tullie House Museum, Durham Light Infantry Museum and National Army Museum. Following military service, Rob returned to museums, becoming curator of the newly formed Rifles Museum in Winchester then subsequently Director of Heritage & Commemorations for the Rifles, including overseeing a network of 12 museums relating to the Regiment’s history. Rob regularly visits battlefields and historic sites across the UK, Europe and further afield; to develop his knowledge and understanding of history. Rob is also a historical re-enactor and living history interpreter of over 30 years experience, specialising in the Napoleonic Wars, Great War and Second World War. Working as a ‘living history’ historian has given him a feel for events, artefacts and characters from the past and in bringing history to life. Rob also has access to a broad range of artefacts real and reproduction, to enhance learning and historical understanding. Rob has advised for film and television productions and appeared in documentaries for BBC History, Yesterday and the History Channel as a historical commentator. He has also co-authored a two-part history of the Light Division in the Peninsula War and is a member of our ITG Realities of War guide team.

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Alex is a professional guide in London and the South of England. He has over 30 years experience as an educator in schools, museums and on tour, having worked in the state and independent sectors of secondary education in Britain and Australia. Alex spent ten years working for the Holocaust Educational Trust, guiding on their Lessons from Auschwitz programme, and has worked with the National Army Museum and the museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute. 'Fast and Furious 6' is Alex’s favourite film, closely followed by 'Howl’s Moving Castle'.

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