Forgotten Heros

• 0000 Depart school

  (Schools from beyond Watford will have to travel down the day before which will affect the programme).

  Drive to Maidstone Services on the M20, J8 Anglia Tours Guides: TBC

  0730 Depart Maidstone Services

  0850 Outbound crossing Booking Reference:

  1030 France – local time
  
  1200 Arrive Neuve Chapelle Indian Memorial

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:

  •   Symbolism of the memorial site
  •   Muslim VC winners

  •   Their warrior heritage
  •   Who visits this site now?

  • How do we remember the sacrifice of these men?
  • A shared history – relations between Muslim and British soldiers

  1400 Vimy Ridge – Moroccan Memorial

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
   The successful attack of the Moroccan Division on Cote 140 in 1915
   Their motto “Sans Pitie Sans Peur” – what does this mean?
   Foreign Legion and how France had an integrated Army – why is this?  Personal accounts

  Vimy Ridge – Canadian Memorial

   Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
   Symbolism of the memorial site
   Muslims soldiers in the Canadian forces
   The story of Hassan Amat

  Prayers break to take place between 1300 and 1600 1600 Ayette

  Indian and Chinese Cemetery
  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:

   The global perspective
   What was the experience of men serving in the British India Corps?  The role of the Chinese Labour Corps
   Ethos of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

  1630 Depart for the El Badre Mosque in Amiens
  1830 Maghrib (sunset) Prayer El Badre Mosque – arranged by FHF1419

  Dinner – arranged by FHF1419 or Pizza type option in Amiens 2030 Depart for Accommodation
  2100 Check in hotel or hostel:

0815 Check out of accommodation after breakfast Packed lunches will be provided by TBC

0845 Necropole nationale Saint-Acheul, Amiens

•  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
   Recruitment and service in the French Army  The treatment of casualties
   The use of Gas as a battlefield weapon
   Personal stories of the 17 Muslim gas victims buried here

  1100 Newfoundland Memorial Park– Preserved Trench System

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
   Global nature of the war
   Development of trench warfare  Trench construction
  Trench routine & everyday life
  Trench raiding (started by Indian Army from NW Frontier) and NML
  How were Muslim soldiers able to able to meet the tenets of Islam when in the front line?

  1230 Caterpillar Valley

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
  Introduction to the Battle of the Somme
  Indian Cavalry and their role in the Battle
  How were Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus integrated into a Regiment?

  1315 South Africa (Delville Wood) national Memorial (Museum closed on a Monday) Or Ocean Villas Tea Rooms for a ‘show and tell’ session

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
  Symbolism of the memorial site
  The Great War in Africa and the role of Muslims in the South African forces
  How does this site show a changing attitude towards commemorating the fallen?

  Prayers break to take place between 1300 and 1600

  1600 Necropole nationale Notre dame de Lorette

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
  Why the cemetery looks as it does
  Who are the men buried here?
  Muslims, Christians and Jews buried in the same location
  How was a Muslim soldier buried?

  1700 Ring of Remembrance

  Anglia guide to cover subjects including:
  What is this memorial and what can it tell us about changing attitudes towards commemorating the fallen?

  1730 Depart Notre Dame de Lorette for Calais 
  1900 Check in for Eurotunnel crossing
  1950 Inbound Shuttle
  1930 Arrive UK (local time)
  2000 approx Arrive Maidstone Services – opportunity for evening meal
  0000 approx Arrive school