Private Full Day Tour of the Somme Battlefields

John Haslock our tour guide was brilliant. He had a fantastic historical knowledge not only of WW1 campaigns but also other wars which he readily chatted about to my son who is a real military history buff. He also adapted the tour for us adding in a couple of extra bits. He also booked us into a brilliant restaurant for lunch in Pozieres which is a WW1 themed place where the owner has a massive collection of artifices. John couldn’t do enough to make our trip enjoyable. We've now realised we’ve only scratched the surface of the Somme and will be booking to come back and do another tour with him. Would highly recommend him!

Comprehensive personal tour. Unparalleled knowledge and stories. Fantastic experience and made for history lovers.

Everything was so memorable! Alison was an absolute Gem of a guide. The breadth of knowledge she had really took our breath away with places we went to and so easily given to us. Even to the smallest of things she thought would be of interest to us. You truly have a wonderful guide in your employ.

Alison, our tour guide was outstanding. She took us to many fascinating places that were part of the Somme Battlefield. She was very knowledgeable of the history of the area and showed us some very unusual places. It was a very memorable experience.

This was an amazing, heartfelt, sombre but truly significant experience. Alison our guide and part owner of the company was a fount of knowledge, and was extremely friendly and accomodating. My wife and I both had personal connections through relatives that fought in and around the Somme. Alison throughly researched their military history and was able to situate us in the grounds and vicinity of their Somme war experience. She possessed a deep knowledge of history and of the accompanying battle and memorial sites and was able to infuse our experience with individual stories and engagements that helped make our experience all the more real. In acknowledgement of our Australian background, Alison structured into our day much of the AIF engagement in the war but also linked experience of Grandpa Tom with the Northumberland fusiliers and also touched on the background to the war, the early years of the British and French at the assSomme and the tragic experience of the Newfoundland battalion. This was a truly profound and meaning day… a long and full and one that we will long remember. We are deeply grateful and would thoroughly recommend this experience to anyone with a willingness to engage in the history of these tragic years that so formed our current world. Thank you Alison. Good wishes always. Ken and Jill