Sacred Ground Tours

Sacred Ground Tours

By Bruce AtkinsonHistory
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Sacred Ground Tours episodes

  • Gareth Hardware, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Arras in France
    Gareth Hardware is the Deputy Director for France with the CWGC. He's speaking about the role of the Commission in commemorating the men and women of the Commonwealth who died in World War One and Two. He also gives an insight into the work the Commission does at its base in Arras and how the new Experience visitor centre there allows the public to see first hand the work staff do to maintain the cemeteries and memorials to their high standard
    22 min
  • Rosemary & Jim Blake at Belgium
    This is an interview with Rosemary and Jim Blake from New Zealand. They are talking about how both their fathers fought in and survived World War One. It's rare to find anyone whose parents fought in WW1.
    28 min
  • Jeffrey Van Kesbelque
    Interview with Jeffrey Vankesbeulque who operates an excavator in Belgium. His machine was destroyed recently when he hit an unexploded WW1 shell. He also talks about his passion for collecting World War One battlefield artefacts and doing re-enactments as an Australian soldier
    18 min
  • Johan Vandewalle Brothers-In-Arms Memorial
    Interview with Belgian amateur archaeologist Johan Vanderwalle who is building a memorial to all the brothers killed in World War One. It was inspired by his discovery of the bodies of five Australian soldiers in 2006, including John "Jack" Hunter, from Nanango in Queensland, who was buried by his brother in 1917.
    34 min

About Sacred Ground Tours

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We are a battlefield tour company specialising in Australian & New Zealand sites on the Western Front in France and Belgium, based in Arras.