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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

1/4: Our next tour departs today, and it's a very special adventure for two American guests. They will be following two relatives, one from the 1st World War & one from the 2nd World War.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

1/2: I am back from almost a week in Bosnia. I've been fortunate to visit many battlefields and places of historical importance around the world, but nowhere has affected me quite like this. The history isn't tucked away in museums. You really can feel it.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our next tour departs today. We welcome a group from the US, following in the footsteps of their relative who served with 81st Division. Standing where your own family's story happened, walking the same fields & seeing the horizon he would have seen, stays with you forever. #OnTourWithSGWT #1WW

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October starts with a challenging trip. Today I'll be travelling to Srebrenica, Bosnia. More than 8,000 men and boys were murdered in a matter of days there in July 1995. To say I'm feeling trepidatious is an understatement.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1/3: That's me inside the Củ Chi tunnels, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, this hand-dug network sat at the heart of several major military operations, and it played a key part in the build-up to the 1968 Tết Offensive.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always proud of what my team do for our guests. It’s a special job we have here and a privilege to help preserve memories of those that paid the ultimate sacrifice.

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Full day on the Somme, today. Showed this delightful couple around some of the better known sites, this morning. This afternoon was spent following in the footsteps of Pte Albert Pedley, 2nd Beds, from Albert to Combles, Aug - Sept 1918. Proud to be guiding for @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Beginning another tour on behalf of @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social, following in the footsteps of a 2nd Bedfordshire man, who only survived 40 days on the Western Front in 1918. On our way down, today, we stopped off at one of my very favourite sites: Vimy Ridge. #Canada #SGWT #FWW #SGWT #WW1

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1/2: This morning, two sets of guests depart with their expert private guide, in search of what happened to their relatives in #WW1.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

1/2: Tonight, our guide and guests arrive in Amiens, the starting point for a week that will trace one family's story through the Somme and Ypres, walking the very ground where their relative saw intense action and was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1/2: For anyone that has been concerned or following the EU’s biometric Entry-Exit System (EES) saga, guess what...At least 9 countries have reportedly been allowed to delay full implementation (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Italy & Switzerland)

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

1/2: Taken from the 1961 epic, The Guns of Navarone. The story goes that in 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Keros, where 2,000 British soldiers are marooned. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by 2 enormous calibre guns on Navarone Island.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1/2: At SGWT we often talk about days that changed the world. September 11th 2001 is, without doubt, one of them. Today, we remember the innocent lives lost. We remember those who ran toward danger.

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yesterday was spent following the #FWW footsteps of Pte Alexander Mackenzie and Gnr Frank Bond around the Ypres Salient. Plenty of ‘off the beaten track’ sites visited in order to fully convey their stories to their descendants. @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #Ypres #SGWT

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A pleasure and a privilege to show and tell the #WW1 story of Pte James Mackenzie at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge and Festubert to his grandaughter today, on behalf of @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social He was wounded at the latter battle, but also saw sterling service as a RAMC captain in #WW2 #SGWT

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

OTD in 1939, families gathered around the wireless in kitchens, sitting rooms, shop parlours, anywhere they could hear. They already suspected what was coming; but finally knowing was a different feeling. Then Neville Chamberlain's voice, measured and grave came through the set.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1/4: Our next custom built tour departs today. Across 10 days, Paul & Nick will lead a group of South African guests. ➡️ Paris | Walking the streets an SOE agent once used: safe houses, dead drops, and a city where one wrong glance could be fatal.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

1/3: Our next departure is out today, with Paul leading 3 American guests on a blended battlefield tour, First and Second World War sites. Dunkirk | Ypres | Verdun | Muese Argonne

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A very busy August for SGWT continues, with our next tour out today. We are joined by a Canadian family who are with us to discover the acheivements of the CEF around Arras in 1917. #OnTourWithSGWT

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today, a group of British pals set off to follow two men who fought across Arras & Bullecourt. With their expert guide Paul, the research he has conducted & a little help from some cool tech, that blend enables us to put our guests in exact spots that their relatives saw action. #OnTourWithSGWT #WW1

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

1/4: A day in the life of a battlefield guide. Watch this to get a glimpse of what really happens on tour. Every guest brings their own story, and half our work happens before we ever meet them.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

1/2: Another departure is out today. This time, we're supporting another business by supplying one of our top guides in Normandy, bringing the history to life, facts straight & spirits high.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

1/3: Behind the scenes on our recent company recce to share history & meet new suppliers.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On this day in 1940, the Battle of Britain begins. Churchill's words still define how we see this struggle, "Never in a field of human conflict, was so much owed, by so many, to so few." #BoB86 #WeWillRememberThem #RAF

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

1/2: Our next tour is underway & it's another scorcher out there! We have 2 British guests experiencing the #1WW battlefields for the 1st time. Our job here at SGWT is to make this enormous subject understandable & relatable.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

1/3: Today we pause to remember the 52 innocent people who lost their lives in London on 7th July 2005. We remember them, the 700 others who were injured and we hold their families in our thoughts.

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7 July London bombings: The victims

The 52 people who lost their lives in the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

1/2: A few pictures from our most recent battlefield tour. A lovely Australian couple came to walk in the footsteps of 3 of their relatives. Here you see where William Higgins was originally buried by the Germans, part of the mass grave they dug in 1916.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

1/3: Happy 250th birthday to the USA! Today of all days feels right to say a huge thank you to every American guest who's walked the ground with us. From the wheatfields of Belleau Wood and the ridges of the Meuse-Argonne to the beaches of Normandy and the foxholes of Bastogne.

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In and around Villers-Bretonneux, today, following in the footsteps of two ancestors of these Australian clients, on behalf of @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social. Both men - one an artilleryman in 4th AIF Div, the other a M.O. in 3rd AIF Div - survived the war. #FWW #WW1 #SGWT #Australia

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Our next private tour departs tour. Watch the video to find out more! 📩 If you'd like to take your own very personal tour uncovering your family history, get in touch today: sophie@sophiesgreatwartours.com #OnTourWithSGWT #BattlefieldTours #1WW

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

On this day in 1914... The shots that would change the world forever...

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tonight on BBC 1 at 19:30, 'What Happened at the Somme'. Tune in & get a glimpse of what we do here at SGWT. But more importantly, follow the story & words of Victor Hember, a young man that gave his life but left a legacy through his letters home. #OnTourWithSGWT #Somme110 #WeWillRememberThem

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

1/2: Our next tour is out this week & we're guiding 2 British guests across key D-Day sites of the British & American sectors. From bridges & beaches to the quiet rows of headstones. Our trips are private, personal & built around you.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

1/4: Our next tour is underway & this is possibly the most complex itinerary we have put together. Over 10 days, 2 American guests will follow in the footsteps of the 482nd AAA Battalion, tracing their father's wartime journey from Utah Beach all the way to modern-day Czechia.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

1/2: I didn't post yesterday, 6th June. I didn't forget, I was just head down checking everything for our next June departures, attention to detail is everything. And our marketing department is...well me! And definitely no AI pumping out the latest cliches on an imp anniversary.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

1/3: Today I had the privilege of presenting to several hundred Year 9 students about the Battle of the Somme. SGWT loves to support young historians whenever we can. We covered a lot of ground in an hour, but this is how I finished.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our next departure is out today, an American family discovering #Normandy for the first time, with an expert private guide to bring the stories to life. It's a short visit, but the battlefields have a way of drawing people back. Have you been before? What were your experiences? Comment below👇

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Family pilgrimage day 1. Followed in the footsteps of three men, each one of whom became casualties of the #FWW. Began the day at High Wood, then visited sites at Ginchy, Flers, Holnon Wood and Arras, before returning to finish the day at Thiepval. @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #SGWT

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Steve Smith @stevesmith1944.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Yesterday I set the scene for the German offensive at Verdun. We visited the Bois des Caures, Fleury, which is one of the 9 'detruit' villages in this area, before moving onto Fort Douaumont. This is on a tour arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW #Verdun #history

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Paul Durham 🇺🇦 ⚫️⚪️ @milhistdiddy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

An honour to lead this family to the graveside of their ancestor, Pte Charlie Adams. Saw action with the 19th London Regt on the Somme in 1916; then at Messines and 3rd Ypres, before he was wounded, captured and died during the German Spring Offensive. @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #SGWT #WW1 #FWW

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Steve Smith @stevesmith1944.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I'm now at Dover waiting to board a ferry to France to pick up my guests for a battlefield tour to the French and American sites around Verdun. This is on a tour arranged by @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social #WW1 #FWW #Verdun #history

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

1/2: Our next departure is out today, with Nick leading a father and daughter making their first journey to the Western Front together.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

1/2: On this day in 1915, the Lusitania is sunk. In 18 minutes, one of the great ocean liners was gone. At 14:10 off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom) a single torpedo fired from German U-boat U-20 struck RMS Lusitania.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

1/3: What you see here is one guest standing in the French 1914 trench line, the others in the German trenches. Two sides of No Man's Land just metres apart.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

1/2: April you were amazing! SGWT took guests from around the world to the beaches of Normandy, trenches in Verdun, even all the way to Lake Como. To every guest who trusted us with their travel, time & family stories, thank you. It means everything.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

1/2: Tour #10 of the month is out this week. This time Sophie is alongside a former 3* General & a veteran of Afghanistan. We are exploring Verdun, Saint-Mihiel & the Meuse Argonne campaigns.

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Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

1/2: Today we commemorate ANZAC Day. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian & New Zealand forces during the First World War.

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