Sacred Ground Tours

An interview with Piet Chielens, the Content Director of the In Flanders Fields Museum. Piet joins Bruce Atkinson for a guided audio tour of this amazing World War One museum in the Cloth Hall in the Belgian city of Ieper.

Geoffrey Bouillet, historian at Museum of the Battle of Fromelles by Bruce Atkinson

Dawn Drouin works at the visitor centre and museum at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. She takes the listener on a guided tour of the site.

Harry Dalziel V.C. by Bruce Atkinson

Delfien de Tavernier takes Bruce Atkinson for a behind the scenes tour of Chocolaterie Ledoux where she makes some of the best Belgian chocolates you will ever taste. Learn some of her secrets.

Aurore Descamps- Ronsin at Polygon Wood, Belgium by Bruce Atkinson

Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate, Ieper by Bruce Atkinson

Come on a virtual audio tour of the newly opened Commonwealth War Graves Commission Experience in Arras. Visitor Centre coordinator, Lucie Boidin, is a fantastic guide on this journey of discovery in this behind the scenes tour.

Come on a virtual audio tour of the newly opened Commonwealth War Graves Commission Experience in Arras. Visitor Centre coordinator, Lucie Boidin, is a fantastic guide on this journey of discovery in this behind the scenes tour.

Interview with Steve Arnold who works for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission based in Arras, France. He is in charge of the exhumation and recovery of the remains of soldiers who are found on the former battlefields. He's also the horticulture manager for France and talks about the Commission's work to keep its cemeteries and memorials presented to such a high standard. He also talks about the impact of climate change on his work.