Battlefield Tour May 2009
Saturday 2nd May 2009
A DAY TRIP TO A PART OF FRANCE THAT WILL BE FOREVER SIKH
Organised in conjunction with a professional Tour Company this trip will take you to the Battlefields of Northern Europe.
- Experienced guides will offer a unique insight into the Indian Army's outstanding contribution to the battles of World War 1.
- You will visit the preserved trenches at Bayernwald and learn how Sikh forces arrived in Europe unprepared for winter combat.
- In following the footsteps of Sikh heroes, the tour will visit the battlefields of Neuve Chapelle and Ypres where they fought.
- After visiting the spectacular Indian Memorial, the tour will culminate at the Menin Gate, for ‘the ‘Last Post', commemorating those who sacrificed their lives in the defence of others.
Cost: £90 per person(incl evening meal)
Depart: Birmingham 4:30am, Royal Leamington Spa 5:15am
(Departure and Arrival Times may be subject to alteration)
BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
For further information email tours@asht.info
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Have a look at the photos from the first tour!
'In the last two world wars 83,005 turban wearing Sikh soldiers were killed and 109,045 were wounded for the freedom of Britain and the world during shell fire, with no other protection but the turban, the symbol of their faith'
General Sir Frank Messervy KCSI,KBE,CB,DSO
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