This is the best thing I've seen and experienced since I became a guide 19 years ago. A beautiful , moving memorial for the 80th Anniversary Eric Le Doux-Turnbull ...

  It has been a real pleasure to offer tours to families following their relatives footsteps in the 30th Infantry Division this year, following both the 119th & 120th Regiments. The last tour in ...

While touring in Normandy and visiting the sites and cemeteries, it is also a good idea to visit the German cemetery at La Cambe....

Visited by very few clients unfortunately . The defeat of the German armies in Normandy. The Polish defense on the Mace, the Candians at St Lambert, the Americans on the southern flank. Saw the most d...

Normandy Battlefield tours Inland from Gold beachTours of my local battlefields....

Follow the landings of the 1st Infantry Div at Omaha Beach on D-Day. ...

It was across these fields that the 22nd Panzergrenadier Regiment attacked 11th Platoon 2nd A & S Highlanders. ...

There are times when being a child again can be great fun and very interesting. There are times as a tour guide when you meet some beautiful parents who wish to fulfill their son's dream....

Omaha Beach is the most talked about of all the Allied landings on D-Day. It is also probably the least understood. What truly happened at Omaha Beach , why did it have so many casualties compared to ...

People come from all over the world to visit the D-Day and Battle of Normandy sites, cemeteries  and museums. It is truly an emotional experience to walk along the beaches. ...

49th Division (The Polar Bears) , 8th Armoured Brigade. In the early hours of the 25th June 1944 the 49th Div launched its  first main assault . ...

Omaha Beach to St Lo tour. Having had the worst of the landings on D-Day at Omaha Beach, the 29th Div consolidated their landing on the 7th June with the arrival of the 175 Reg. ...

After a successful landing on D-Day and the liberation of Bayeux on the 7th June, The 8th Armoured Brigade, on the 8th June, with attached 1st Dorset Battalion advances from St Leger to Audrieu agains...

Operation Deadstick, Pegasus Bridge, Orne Bridges, D-Day D-Day was one of history’s greatest undertakings , one of the first actions, Operation Deadstick, the landing by glider elements of the 2nd Oxs...

It was a real pleasure to visit the new British monument at Ver sur Mer, ...

One of the real joys of touring Sword beach and the advance inland, is to visit the German 736 Regiment HQ , Oberst Krug’s command bunkers and defenses overlooking Sword beach. See the artillery range...

A great piece of history, for those cold winter days ...

 Some old and new photos from Pointe de Varde. ...

A couple of great days bunker hunting with Benjamin Hebel, German history professor from Berlin, a real treat, Azville, Crisbecq, WN10, WN 9, longues sur mer. ...

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Having launched Operation Epsom on the 26th June 1944, the 15th Scottish division had managed to secure both crossings over the River Odon and the 11th Armoured Division advanced towards Hill 112. ...

I have already done a post of the morning of 18th July 1944,Operation Goodwood. ...

Captain Joseph Dawson DSC An interesting history of the landings of G Company 16th Regiment 1st Infantry Division. One of the first units to fight it's way inland from Omaha Beach. Along what we now...

In 1940 Uncle Alex turned 18 years old, already working for the Home Guard  and training as a builder , he took the train from Dunfermline to Perth to join the Black Watch Regiment. Queens Barracks, P...

I could see things were going wrong as we slowed down to go in. Some boats were coming back after unloading, others were partly awash, but still struggling. Some were stuck, bottomed out, racing their...

If you wish to discover one’s family history during WW11 specially the Battle of Normandy ,I offer a research package, searching war diaries , morning reports and unit histories, where available along...

Alot has been written about Goodwood, some photos of the battle fields today. ...

Probably the most important battle of WW1 ...

 Few clients visit the inland battlefields of Normandie, it is always a real pleasure to tour the inland sites, ...

 It was with great honor that I accepted an invitation to give a talk about the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy to the Family of Brigadier MacIntosh-Walker, ...