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The Salopian Club
The Schools
Shrewsbury
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Kelvedon Road, Inworth, Essex CO5 9SH
United Kingdom
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THE SALOPIAN CLUB 5 DAY TOUR TO NORMANDY
WORKING ITINERARY DATES THURSDAY 15 TO MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2016
Contact: Janet Scholes
Tour Summary
Itinerary Number: 1
Total Pax: 30 TBC
Outbound Date: TBC
Inbound Date: TBC
Departure: 1045
Return: 1530 approx.
Pickup Address: Coach Parking Bays Victoria Embankment, London
Destination Address: See below
Coach Size: 1 x 49
Coach Operator: TBC
Crossing Type: Brittany Ferries
Reference: TBC
Outbound Crossing Time: 2245
Inbound Crossing Time: 1630
Day 1 Thu 15 Sep
1115
1 x 49 seater executive coach arrives at Victoria Embankment, London
Meet with Guide: Dr Peter Caddick-Adams
Coach Company: TBC
Out of Hours Contact: TBC
Drivers Details: TBC
1130
Depart
1400
Southwick House Map Room, Southwick Park
1500
Depart Southwick Park, Fareham and drive to Portsmouth
1530
D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery, Portsmouth
1800
Arrive Hotel for supper
1830
Supper – included
2030
Board Ferry – Time critical for Driver’s hours
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Brittany Ferries Portsmouth/Caen
Collect landing rations before we disembark
Day 2 Fri 16 Sep
0645
Arrival at Ouistreham (local time) and proceed to Café Gondree for breakfast.
0730
Breakfast - included
Croissant, bread, ham, cheese, butter and jam, tea, coffee and chocolate
Pegasus Bridge and a Museum Booking
Ranville (Norman Field, OS, 6 Airborne Division Staff Officer)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forcesobituaries/6366635/Lieutenant-Colonel-Norman-Field.html
Sword Beach (lunch break)
Queen White sector attacked by 185 Bde (2 R Warwicks (Kingston Adams OS); 1
Norfolks; 2 KSLI), supported by my own Staffordshire Yeomanry
Strong Point “Hillman”: The German artillery and local headquarters position (one of
a number) overlooking Gold Beach. It was constructed underground and would take
the Suffolk Regiment 6 hours to capture it, possibly having a major effect on the ability
of 3rd Division to capture Caen on D-Day.
1800
Check in to hotel accommodation
Free evening
Day 3 Sat 17 Sep
0900
Depart hotel
Op PERCH/Villers-Bocage
7 Armoured Division
Lunch break in Villers-Bocage
Op EPSOM/Hill 112
(I suspect many of 159 Brigade (11th Armoured Division) had Salopian or
Shrewsbury connections, for it contained 4 KSLI, 1 Herefords and 3 Monmouths - all
TA regiments.
Op GOODWOOD - Cagny
Op GOODWOOD - Bouguebus Ridge.
1800
Return to hotel accommodation
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Free Evening
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Day 4 Sun 18 Sep
0900
Depart hotel
Monty's Chateau
Bayeux Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Commemoration/wreath laying
Arromanches, Mulberry Harbour: The unique floating Mulberry Harbours ensured
the delivery of combat supplies to the expanding bridgehead. They were a key factor
in both enabling the strategic intent and servicing the tactical battle. It also aided the
German belief that the Normandy invasion was a decoy for the real attack on Western
Europe, as no major port had been assaulted.
Lunch break in Arromanches
Omaha Beach: Where both the 1st and 29th US Divisions landed on the 4 mile beach.
The Germans had prepared their positions and battle drills in preparation for a landing.
The cliffs and defences being equivalent to a medieval fortress, with the same effect
on those who were to be the initial attacking force, as the opening sequence of ‘Saving
Private Ryan’ depicts. 34,250 troops would land on Omaha beach on 6 June, of which
3,881 would become casualties.
St Laurent US Cemetery: Situated, overlooking Omaha Beach and maintained by the
American Battle Monuments Commission, the Normandy American Cemetery and
memorial, has 9,387 burials and another 1,557 names on the Memorial in the Garden
of Remembrance. There are three Medal of Honor recipients; Sgt Peregory, Lt Monteith
and Gen Roosevelt buried in the cemetery.
Advance to St-Lo through the Bocage/Op COBRA Breakout
1800
Return to hotel accommodation
Free Evening
Day 5 Mon 19 Sep
0900
Depart Hotel after breakfast
Op Totalize
Closure of the Falaise Pocket
Mont Ormel
1130
Montormel Museum
1300
Depart for Ouistreham – check in at 1500 hrs
1630
Inbound Ferry
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Arrive UK local time and drive to London
2345 approx
Arrive Victoria Embankment, London.
Your itinerary may be subject to change at short notice due to a variety of factors. Whilst every effort will be made by
the guides to visit all the sites included in your itinerary, there may be times when this will not be possible.
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