Somme Battlefield Tours

World War One (WW1/WWI) Battlefield Tours.

Williamsomme Tours offer bespoke tours of The Great War in Northern France, particularly the 1916-1918 Somme battlefields. Other longer battlefield tours can be arranged according to your special interests.  These can include visits further afield which relate to other battles of the First World War, for example Verdun, Vimy Ridge, Fromelles and the area around Arras and the Ypres Salient - these have proved of particular interest to Canadian and Australian visitors.

During World War One, The Battle of the Somme lasted nearly 5 months with 1.2 million men being killed, wounded, or lost in action. July 1st 1916 was the worst day in British Military history - nearly 20,000 men were killed in around 2 hours.

On August 8th 1918, the beginning of the battle of Amiens, the Germans were forced to retreat from the Somme near Villers Bretonneux. By November 11th this awful war came to an end.

You are invited to visit preserved battlefields, trenches, war memorials, museums and other sites connected with The Great War. For more information about my World War One and Somme tours, click here.