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Belgium 1914 Christmas Truce

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  • Educational Guided History, Secondary School, Sixth Form & FE College

Curriculum Included

Key Highlights

  • Learn about life in the trenches
  • Re-enactment of Christmas Day 1914
  • Q&A Session
  • Meet a 'recruiting sergeant'
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Experience the infamous Christmas when fighting stopped

Take your students to Belgium to witness that singular moment when, albeit for a brief period, fighting along parts of the Western Front actually ceased. 

This tour combines:

  • Meet our Recruiting Sergeant keen to persuade your ‘men’ to sign-up for the British Expeditionary Force
  • Spend time with our Drill Sergeant learning drill & weapons handling
  • Listen to our Medical Officer explain how battlefield wounds, injuries and illnesses are treated
  • Handle period kit and costume
  • Trench meal

Culminating in an opportunity to witness a re-enactment of the Truce itself played out by our team of actors each in the persona of a man who was in the Ypres Salient over Christmas 1914. It is a truly moving experience!

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Study Themes

Key Study Themes

Your guided tour will incorporate these key study themes to support your learning back in the classroom

  • Recruitment: why did young men join up in 1914?
  • Conditions at the Front: what was the experience of soldiers in the lead up to Christmas 1914?
  • The Truce: what really happened at Christmas 1914?
  • Why were the events of 1914 never repeated?
  • An opportunity for remembrance

Key Locations

Your guided tour will include the following experiences 

  • Koekanaas (Ace of Diamonds) Farm
    • Your Country Needs YOU ! • Meet the 'Recruiting Sergeant' • A trench meal before going ‘up the line’ • Life in the Trenches; Trench routine; an opportunity to hand
  • Plugstreet Wood
    Christmas 1914; Football on the front line
  • Hooge Crater Museum
    The Christmas Truce – A re-enactment of the events of Christmas Day 1914. Watch the meeting in No Man’s Land, the exchanging of gifts and the cessation of hostilities. Meet Tommy & Fritz - A chance for a question and answer session and discuss why the Christmas Truce never happened again.
  • The Menin Gate
    Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Memorial to the Missing on the Ypres Salient and the Last Post Ceremony.

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Your price will include

  • Fully guided service
  • Tailor-made itinerary
  • An executive coach for your exclusive use
  • 1 free teacher place for every 10 paying students
  • All entrance fees associated with your visit

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Belgium Christmas Truce One Day Itinerary

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Day 1
Morning

Depart from your school at a time to be agreed, dependent on your location. Travel to Koekenaas (Ace of Diamonds) Farm followed by Plugstreet Wood

Afternoon

Hooge Crater Museum followed by the Menin Gate

Evening

Evening meal at a restaurant in Ypres, possible free time at the Ypres Christmas Market before your return journey back to school. Timings and activities dependent on your location.

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At Anglia we care about our customers, our staff, the places we visit, the stories we tell and the organisations we work with. These key principles define who we are and what we do. We believe they are also the reason why Anglia is the market leader in fully-guided history trips for UK schools. We work with you to design a bespoke tour which meets the specific needs of your school and which supports what you are teaching in class. We start by asking what you want your students to see and what you want them to experience then build the tour around these requirements. A tour which, as the testimonials on our website show, your students will find thought-provoking, engaging and enjoyable.

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