Following in the Footsteps of Heroes: Guidebook to the Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme

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Tom Strickland

Following in the Footsteps of Heroes

Guidebook to the Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme

Tom Strickland

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Sabrestorm Publishing
01 July 2020

Memorials, monuments; First World War; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

This modern and GPS located guidebook to the WW1 battlefields of Ypres and the Somme includes contextual information, maps, photographs and personal stories. This is the book that gives you the experience of a professional guide but allows you to 'dip in' and go at your own pace in your own car. Many people visit the First World War battlefields and leave disappointed, not understanding the connection to the sites they go to or their significance. This guidebook by an experienced teacher, explains the sites, the context and the stories in a simple and easily understood way so that you can enjoy your visit more fully. The book is new and fit for the modern day with GPS locations that can be easily looked up on smart phones and other devices and map diagrams which show how to get the most out of the sites when there. There is also contextual information, diagrams and tables to help the understanding of the sites. The book is packed with over 100 maps, illustrations and photographs showing locations, routes and conditions at the time. It also includes personal stories, the ones normally reserved for the professional guides. It is less about the big picture of brigades and armies and more about what happened on the ground and how you can link the stories to what you can still see. AUTHOR: Tom Strickland, a former Territorial Army officer, is a faculty leader and head of History in a Secondary School in Wiltshire. He has a passion for history and the Great War and an interest in old MG cars. He has been taking groups of students and adults to the WW1 battlefields for nearly twenty years and has built up a large collection of notes that have formed the basis of this book. He lives in Wiltshire with Nancy his wife and two daughters, Claire and Millie.

By: Tom Strickland
Imprint: Sabrestorm Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781781220184
ISBN 10: 1781220182
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Dedications 3 Quick Reference Contents 6 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 9 The History Lesson 13 Cemeteries 14 Memorials 21 Soldiers and the Weapons of The Great War 23 The Ypres Salient 28 Introduction to Ypres 29 Cemeteries 31 Ypres City 58 Memorials 64 Trenches, Bunkers & Craters 72 Museums 82 Poperinge 87 The Somme 92 Introduction to the Somme 93 Cemeteries 99 Memorials 114 Trenches, Bunkers and Craters 128 Museums 152 Arras, Vimy And Homeward 154 Index 158

Tom Strickland, a former Territorial Army officer, is a faculty leader and head of History in a Secondary School in Wiltshire. He has a passion for history and the Great War and an interest in old MG cars. He has been taking groups of students and adults to the WW1 battlefields for nearly twenty years and has built up a large collection of notes that have formed the basis of this book. He lives in Wiltshire with Nancy his wife and two daughters, Claire and Millie.