Essex Farm cemetery and casualty clearing station. Final resting place of Valentine Strudwick. He was born on St Valentine’s Day 1900 and died a month before his 16th birthday on the Somme. He was 14 when he enlisted and lied about his age, so he could fight for his country 💔

Mr C explaining the history of Langemarck German cemetery. 48,000 soldiers who fought across the Ypres salient are buried and remembered here.

Tyne Cot cemetery. Many graves bear personal inscriptions at the request of their families. They are beautiful but make for very difficult reading 😞

Mr Blayney and three of our wonderful Saffron Walden County High School history students. They are ready to lay wreaths at the Menin Gate on behalf of our school community, to honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country. #atthegoingdownofthesun #wewillrememberthem

Final evening is also Euro finals evening! Some of the year 9s (and staff!) are keen sports fans. A plan has been hatched to find a space in which to watch the football ….

SWCHS History Saffron Walden County High School Thank you SWCHS History Saffron Walden County High School for having participated in the 33,293th daily Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ieper.

After some free time in Ypres this morning our intrepid travellers on Trip B are homeward bound. May the border control odds be ever in your favour!

Plain sailing from Calais and back on British soil. ETA 21.20.

"It’s impossible to understand the Wars of the Roses – to understand any history, frankly – without considering the motives and machinations of the women." Annie Garthwaite, author of The King's Mother, explains why at bit.ly/HistoriaMother… Viking Books UK Penguin Books UK

And passing by some places of great interest for WOTR students - for example, Tours was site of a treaty in 1444 that agreed marriage of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou. As lands were given to her family, rather than her bringing usual dowry, this was not entirely well received….

Out today, folks!

The SWCHS History household are spending a day at Ludlow Castle on a WOTR day out! Spectacular scenery over the fields where the Rout at Ludford Bridge took place in 1459

Another WOTR themed day out for the SWCHS History family. Beautiful Tewkesbury - the abbey is magnificent and battlefield trail led us to the Bloody Meadow where Margaret of Anjou saw the destruction of her army and the loss of her son.

Thank you Nathen Amin ✒️📚 for a fabulous talk. Staff and students in attendance very much enjoyed it! Saffron Walden County High School