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In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS
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We are a family run company that concentrates on offering the personal touch that many of the larger tour operators are unable to achieve. We pride ourselves on giving our customers a package that is fantastic value and a battlefield tour experience that they will cherish forever.
Our Tour Guide
Major Gumm on The Somme Battlefield.
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Major Ian R Gumm TD |
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Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides |
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I am a professional battlefield guide and retired British Army Major. As a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides I endeavour to maintain the high levels of good practice and standard of service commensurate with the Guild's ethos. Battlefield tours are my passion, they are what I love to do and I feel extremely privileged to be able to take people to the battlefields of Northwest Europe "following in the footsteps" of an ancestor, relative or military unit. |
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I have led tours for nearly ten years and visited the battlefields at: Ypres - Waterloo - the D-Day Beaches of Normandy - Passchendaele - the Somme - US Airborne sites of Operation Market Garden and the British Airborne at Arnhem - US Airborne and British Airborne sites of Normandy - Vimy Ridge - Messines Ridge - Agincout - Cambrai ... and many more.
I served 26-years in the Territorial Army and was very honoured to have commanded B (Rorke's Drift) Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales (RRW). In 1997 I had the great privilege of commanding the RRW Regimental contingent at the Affiliation Parade of The Royal Regiment of Wales with 121 SA Infantry Battalion at Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa. It was whilst in South Africa that my passion for touring battlefields was kindled when I visited the battlefield at Isandlwana and the mission station of Rorke's Drift.
In 1998 I was posted to The University of Wales Officer Training Corps with whom I served as their Training Major before retiring in 2002. During this period my love of battlefield tours blossomed with the experience gained when taking the Potential Officers of Wales and the Officer Cadets of the UOTC on tour.
Apart from my military career I had pursued a successful career in the Printing Industry where I was employed as a Divisional Director by one of the UK's large independent Web Offset Magazine Printers.
In September 2007 I decided to give up this career to turn my hobby and passion into a full-time business. I now run In the footsteps with my wife Jo.
Our Tour Vehicle
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New for 2008 We have purchased a new Hyundai Santa Fe CDX+ 4x4 SUV for use as our primary tour vehicle. This state of the art SUV comes equipped with: -
This top of the range SUV has been chosen for your comfort and safety whilst maintaining that all-important off-road capability to get you to the places that most other tour operators cannot reach. |
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Our Insurance
We have full liability and professional indemnity insurance and our fully comprehensive vehicle insurance covers us for our tour operator activities.
Contact Information
In the footsteps can be contacted using one of the following methods.
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Willowmead, 5 Abbotts Close, Greytree, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom HR9 7GQ
- Telephone:
+44 (0)1989 565599 (UK international)
+44 (0)7834 596612 (mobile)
- Electronic Mail:
Information: info@inthefootsteps.com
Enquiries: enquiries@inthefootsteps.comWebmaster: ian@inthefootsteps.com