BATTLEFIELD TOURS

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In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS

In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS was conceived by Major Ian R Gumm TD with the aim of providing top quality bespoke battlefield tours for individuals, couples and small groups who prefer the personal attention and comfort that travelling in a small party affords.

We offer a bespoke battlefield tour service to the battlefields of Northwest Europe. Our personalized tours are designed to your specification so that you get to see what you want to see and not just what the tour operator wants to show you.  An In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS take you on a journey that is a truly unique experience and will leave you with memories that will last forever.

Our Battlefield Tour Service

Personalized and Bespoke Tours

Whether you want to: -

· Follow in the footsteps of an ancestor, relative or particular military unit?
· Visit the Western Front battlefields at Ypres, the Somme, Mons and Cambrai of the 1914-18 Great War?
· Walk along the Normandy beaches of UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD where the Allied 21st Army landed on D-Day 6th June 1944?
· See the British Airborne landing sites at Pegasus Bridge or the Ameican Airborne sites near Sainte-Mere-Eglise?
· Follow the route of Operation MARKET GARDEN to the "Bridge Too Far" at Arnhem?
· Pay your respects at the CWGC war graves and/or ABMC American Military Cemetery?

An In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS bespoke battlefield tour puts you in control. On one of our personalized tours you get to see what you want not just what the tour operator wants to show you.

Our service is totally flexible. You tell us where, when and for how long you want to go and we tailor a battlefield tour to suit your needs. With an In the footsteps BATTLEFIELDS TOURS bespoke battlefield tour it's what you want that matters.

What our customers say.

"The knowledge and background of the tour guide was excellent. He anticipated what the guests wanted to see and what was of the greatest of interest. The overall experience was excellent and the tour was great value for money".
Gordon from California, USA

"I have long dreamt about going to where my father served in France, as I wanted an appreciation in person of seeing the places he encamped. This tour more than met any expectations I had as I felt that it gave me a wonderful living experience. By going to the other sites I was better able to see what 'his' War was like.

The friendliness, courtesy and complete willingness to undertake any task or challenge made the tour so successful. It leaves memories that I will dwell upon in my mind's eye forever".

"The tour was an excellent experience and great value for money".
Ray from Newark, New Jersey, USA

We specialise in designing, organising and conducting bespoke battlefield tours for individuals and groups of up to six who prefer the personal attention and comfort that travelling in a small party affords.

We also design and conduct tours for larger groups and organisations, though these larger parties normally arrange transport and accommodation themselves.

Author's Books

In the footsteps of The Allied 21st Army Group
D-Day, 6th June 1944
The Greatest Seaborne Invasion the World Has Ever Known


The book recounts the story of D-Day, 6th June 1944. It includes details of the build-up to the invasions as well as recounting the events that took place beginning with the American Airborne Divisions in the West along the five landing beaches to the British Airborne in the East.

ONLY £9.99 GBP (plus postage and packaging)

Visit In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS to get your copy.
In the footsteps of
The Allied 21st Army Group
A Tour of the D-Day Battlefields


The perfect companion for our D-Day history book above. This books is designed to act as a self-drive tour guidebook for those wishing to tour the D-Day beaches under their own steam.

ONLY £9.99 GBP (plus postage and packaging)

Visit In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS to get your copy.
In the footsteps of
The Allied 21st Army Group
The Combined History and Tour of the D-Day Battlefields


Both of the books shown above brought together as a single book. Read the history from the front and turn the book over to read the tour.

ONLY £15.00 GBP (plus postage and packaging)

Visit In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS to get your copy.
In the footsteps of
The US 82nd 'All American' and
101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Divisions
On the Cotentin Peninsula
D-Day to D+12 6th to 18th June 1944


A book covering the history of the operations and actions of the 82nd 'All American' and 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Divisions in the first days of the Battle of Normandy from the landings on D-Day 6 June 1944 through to the securing of the base of the Cotentin Peninsula on D+12 18 June 1944. It covers the battles at: Sainte-M?re-?glise; La Fi?re; Chef-du-Pont; Saint Sauveur-le-Vicomte; the UTAH Beach Causeways; the Le Port Bridges; the Lock at La Barquette; Saint Come-du-Mont; the Carentan Causeway and Carentan.

ONLY £9.99 GBP (plus postage and packaging)

Visit In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS to get your copy.
In the footsteps of
The British 6th Airborne Division
A Tour of the D-Day Battlefields


A battlefield tour guidebook covering the operations and actions of the British 6th Airborne Division on D-Day 6 June 1944. It covers the battles at: Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge near Benouville; DZ 'NAN' and Ranville; Herouvillette; Longueville; Le Mesnil; Bois de Bavent; Troarn; Varaville and the Merville Battery. This books is designed to act as a self-drive tour guidebook for those wishing to tour the British Airborne D-Day battlefields under their own steam.

ONLY £9.99 GBP (plus postage and packaging)

Visit In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS to get your copy.
In the footsteps of
D Company 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry & 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
The Caen Canal and River Orne Bridges at Benouville
D-Day 6th June 1944


The story of Major John Howard's D Coy 2 OBLI and Lt Col Geoffrey Pine-Coffin's 7 PARA at the bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne near Benouville on D-Day 6th June 1944.

24-hours of action beginning with the landing of the first Allied soldiers on French soil as part of the Allied Invasion of Northwest Europe.

ONLY £9.99 GBP (plus postage and packaging)

Visit In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS to get your copy.

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  • inthefootsteps Nov 26, 2007 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Thanks for the comment, hope your dad finds it useful.

    Best Regards

    Ian
  • berapt Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:29 am | delete
    Haven't been on the tour but found your lens very informative. It's fantastic! My dad is very into history, especially the Worl Wars, so I'll definetely pass him this address.
    Totally unrelated, but I have some lenses about gifts, if you have time, have a look on them.

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