Follow in the
footsteps of HEROES!

Home

Contact email:

info@inthefootsteps.com

In the footsteps... is a proud supporter of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.

In the footsteps of HEROES!

When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For their tomorrow, we gave our today.

In the footsteps of HEROES! is a collection of articles that tell the story behind some of the actions of the 1914-18 Great War. Wherever possible we have related these stories to the soldiers that fought in the battles and this section of our web site is dedicated to their memory.

We hope that you find these articles informative and enjoyable.

Verdun, 21st February 1916
In the footsteps of
Lieutenant Colonel Émile Driant
Commander of the French 56th and 59th Chasseurs Reserve Battalions

The First Day of the Somme, 1st July 1916
In the footsteps of
11059 Private George Sherwin
2nd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment

The Action at Guillemont, 8th August 1916
In the footsteps of
Lieutenant Robert Hope Gordon
1/8th Kings

The Assault at Guillemont, 18th August 1916
In the footsteps of
Second-Lieutenant George Rutherford Anderson and Sergeant John Edwin Carter
73rd Machine Gun Company

Guillemont, 20th August 1916
In the footsteps of
Captain Douglas William Lane-Nichols MC
8th Queen’s (Royal West Surry Regiment)

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

An extract from "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon

[ Home ]

[ Tailor-made Tours ] [ Genealogy Tours ] [ Group Tours ] [ Package Tours ]

[ About Us ] [ Testimonials ]

[ Then & Now ] [ Bookshop ] [ Recommended Sites ]

Send mail to info@inthefootsteps.com with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2010 In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS
Last modified: 7th November 2011