Our other tour programmes...

ART, HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE TOURS
Holts Tours have launched a new Art, History and Architecture brochure. For tour details and to request a brochure visit here.

SCHOOL HISTORY & BATTLEFIELD TOURS
We also have an extensive programme of educational tours for schools. For more information click here.




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Phone: 0845 375 0430
(00 44 1293 455 300
from outside the UK)

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Weekdays 9.00am - 5.00pm

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Aviation House, Crossoak Lane,
Redhill, Surrey
RH1 5EX.
United Kingdom

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Family History
The recent increased popularity of genealogy television programmes like Who Do You Think You Are? has inspired people to research their family history and build their family tree. Nearly every family in Britain and the Commonwealth can trace a relative who served in the Great War (First World War). Parents, grandparents, great-grandparents may have fought on the Western Front or at Gallipoli in WWI, in the Boer War or been involved in D-Day. People are wanting to know more about the history of the wars their family members fought in, see the battlefields and visit memorials or war graves and put their relative's personal story into context.
A guidebook is a good introduction to a visit to the battlefields, but it doesn't answer all questions and is often cumbersome to use as you tour around the areas. Visit the battlefields with a good quality tour company and you won't be looking at empty fields or trying to find the right memorial or cemetery. A knowledgeable tour guide can answer questions and help you understand a little of what it was like for your relative to be on the battlefield all those years ago.
Holts Tours guides are senior military figures and historians, including television presenters such as Professor Richard Holmes and Major Gordon Corrigan. They are there to open your eyes to the history and culture of a place, and to set personal stories in context by explaining about the battle itself. The Tour Manager ensures you visit at the best time to avoid the crowds, and can enjoy your holiday without having to worry about the detail.
On many Holts tours we can arrange special request visits to Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and Memorials if you put your request in writing when you book. If you let us know the location of the cemetery or memorial we can advise you about the appropriate tour. Sprays, wreaths and poppy crosses made by the Royal British Legion are available on request.

You can discover the exact location of the cemetery and grave or memorial from the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berks, SL6 7DX
Telephone: 01628 634221 www.cwgc.org

or from the American Battle Monuments Commission, Casimer Pulaski Building, 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington DC, 20314-0300 USA www.abmc.gov