Walking battlefields can be very memorable, as can the many people we meet doing so; one such person is Nick Ragland, who we recently took on a battlefield tour of France and Belgium. Nick, a retired United States Marine Corps Captain and a veteran of the Vietnam War back in the 1960s has for a…
I had the great pleasure of taking a battlefield tour to Normandy which was made special by our guest, Mr Richard Todd. Richard Todd, the actor, may be better known for the part he played in films like The Longest Day and Guy Gibson in The Dambusters. But in his own right, he had a…
Lance Corporal John Richard Nisbet (Jack) served with 458 West Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers, 49th West Riding Division. He landed at Le Harve on 21st June 1915 and his first real experience of the Great War was on Tuesday 13th July 1915 when his unit was subjected to heavy bombardment on the banks of…
Since the 1920s at exactly 2000 hours, or 8:00 pm, every night the sound of the bugle can be heard in the Belgium town of Ypres. Every night the local firemen play The Last Post under The Menin Gate as a salute to the many soldiers who fell during The Great War of 1914 –…
Matt Limb, the founder and CEO of Matt Limb Battlefield Tours, was made an OBE in the operational honours list for his support to the Iraq War. Matt, Commanding Officer of a specialist Territorial Army regiment, 165 Port Regiment, was responsible for military port operations first in the United Kingdom and later in both Kuwait…