Kingshead Adventures are specialists in providing all-inclusive bespoke guided battlefield tours to the Western Front of the Great War and to Second World War sites at Normandy and Arnhem.
A bespoke tour provides the opportunity of visiting battlefield sites which are of personal significance to you, on dates which suit your schedule, allowing you to travel with your own family or friends - or just by yourself. You will not be expected to share your bespoke battlefield tour with others who are not part of your tour group and, therefore, you will be free to spend as much time as you wish at each battlefield location.
your choice of tour
Kingshead can offer you a bespoke battlefield tour to visit the special places where your relatives or countrymen may have lived, fought and died. All our bespoke battlefield tours are planned around the precise requirements of our customers, and Jerry Whitehead (director of Kingshead) personally guides all our tours.
The Bespoke Battlefield Tour Service we offer allows you the opportunity of planning and arranging a personal battlefield tour, tailor-made to your individual requirements, giving you the freedom to choose
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When to travel
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Which battlefield sites to visit
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How many days you would like to spend on the battlefield
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The places of personal significance to include in the itinerary
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Whether you require assistance with pre-tour research into the military action of a relative
Bespoke battlefield tours to Great War sites can include the following: the Somme, Ypres, Cambrai, Verdun, Mons to the Marne, Advance to Victory, as well as visits to any location along the Western Front which may be of personal significance to you.
We are also pleased to offer personal guided battlefield tours based around specific Canadian, American, Australian, New Zealand, or South African interest in the Great War. We would be delighted to arrange a tailor-made tour to visit places of personal interest to you, or to propose a bespoke battlefield tour to follow the involvement of these nations in significant battles of the First World War.
Or perhaps you would like to arrange a tailor-made battlefield tour to visit the sites of significant importance along the Western Front of the Great War, or at Second World War sites at Arnhem and Normandy - or maybe to visit both WW1 and WW2 venues on a combined battlefield tour. On a bespoke battlefield tour with Kingshead Adventures, the choice is yours.
personal service
If you are tracing the footsteps of an individual who served in the war and have the regimental details and dates, we will be pleased to research the history and provide you with a customised battlefield tour following the movement of their unit, as well as supplying you with detailed information and maps. This research, including a visit to the National Archives at Kew, is included in the service we offer on our bespoke battlefield tours, at no extra cost.
The personal service we offer includes collecting you at a mutually convenient location in the UK, France, Belgium or Holland. On completion of your tour, we would be pleased to return you to the same location or to drive you to a hotel / train station / airport for your onward travel.
Our key feature is flexibility, ensuring each client's expectations are fully met. We are able to make alterations to the tour itinerary at any time - even during the tour.
Kingshead invite you to embark on a journey of discovery, walking in the footsteps of your relatives or countrymen, uncovering details of battles in which they fought, and following the route taken by their units.
To arrange a personalised battlefield tour with Kingshead, please either telephone +44 (0)1689 837736 or email us at info@kingsheadadventures.com so that we may discuss your requirements. Each bespoke battlefield tour is custom made, and your tour will be designed around your specific needs and requirements, allowing you to visit the battlefield sites of personal interest to you.
Whatever your requirements, Kingshead can provide you with a
unique personal battlefield tour and a truly memorable experience
western front battlefield tours with gps trench maps
Our Great War Western Front battlefield tours are supported by LinesMan, a unique GPS navigation system overlaid on the official First World War trench maps.
The computer technology provided on a visual in-car display allows guests to see our exact location relative to the trench maps as we drive along the Western Front. A hand-held device (PDA) also allows us to walk the battlefield and find precise points of interest as detailed on the trench maps or, indeed, map references as may be quoted in documented Orders or War Diaries.
This means that on our bespoke First World War battlefield tours to the Western Front, we can take our customers (where physically possible) to the exact location where a specific action took place – perhaps where a relative may have been mentioned in Despatches, or even won a medal for their action – and to follow in the footsteps of their unit during the Great War.
Jerry was instrumental in the development of LinesMan and has been using this GPS trench map software on our Western Front battlefield tours for the past couple of years, taking our customers to precise locations on the battlefield where their relatives saw action during the Great War. The use of this innovative software to accurately pinpoint places where specific events took place, or to follow the route taken by a relative's unit, has proved very successful and popular with our customers, many of whom have commented on how special this aspect of their tour has been.
Below are just a few of the appreciative comments we have received from previous bespoke battlefield tour customers:
....What can I say, other than anyone out there reading this testimonial who lost loved ones in WW1 and wants to trace them, this is the company to contact & book....
....your use of GPS and your knowledge of trench maps made visiting the battlefields much more interesting and understandable....
....Your commentary and insight to not only the battles themselves but the personalities which directed the battles made it feel like we were in a BBC Documentary, meticulously researched complete with GPS real-time mapping!....
....thankyou so much for providing us with a real life time experience that none of us will ever forget. The whole adventure was fantastic from start to finish....
....thanks for giving me such a great time, the tour was excellent value for money.
I appreciated your knowledgeable company and your thoughtfulness in all the tour arrangements...
....thank you so much for a truly wonderful personal & caring experience and in making my two brothers & I dreams come true....
....with many thanks for giving me an experience I will long remember...
View our Testimonial Page for information on the WW1 and WW2 battlefield tours we have provided over the past few years and to read more letters and emails of recommendation we have received from guests who have experienced our tailor-made First & Second World War battlefield tours. Or take a look at the pictures on our WW1 photo gallery and WW2 photo gallery pages to see the places we have visited on these tours.
Our tour venues page offers a guide as to the main WW1 and WW2 battlefield sites we can propose for your bespoke battlefield tour and our tour info page provides details of tour guide, transport, accommodation and price information for these battlefield tours.
Please note: Kingshead Adventures specialise in arranging personalised/customised, tailormade, all-inclusive bespoke First and Second World War battlefield tours for individuals or groups of up to six people who wish to travel with their own family or friends on dates of their own choosing. As we do not offer scheduled small group battlefield tours, you will not find any battlefield tour dates & rates on this website.
gps ready trench maps of the great war on dvd
LinesMan - The Great War Western Front GPS Companion is a revolutionary new WW1 experience. The software contains over 750 interactive and geo-referenced First World War trench maps, enabling you to compare historical maps of the Great War with modern mapping and aerial photography, and which can also be used with GPS (Satellite Navigation System). LinesMan is the ideal software for 'Mapping the Front'. For more information on this fantastic WW1 software DVD visit Great War Digital's website at www.greatwardigital.com
Details of our battlefield tour venues to the Western Front of the Great War and to WW2 battlefield tour sites at Normandy and Arnhem, as well as our 4x4 battlefield adventures to WW1 locations can be accessed via the links on this page or the menu bar above. Terms and Conditions can be found on our Booking Info page.
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