ABV131/10/2018
Nick Jenkins
The Salopian Club
The Schools
Shrewsbury
SY3 7BA
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: 1Total Pax: 30 TBC
Outbound Date: TBCInbound Date: TBC
Departure: 1045Return: 1530 approx.
Pickup Address: Coach Parking Bays Victoria Embankment, London
Destination Address: See below
Coach Size: 1 x 49Coach Operator: TBC
Crossing Type: Brittany FerriesReference: TBC
Outbound Crossing Time: 2245Inbound Crossing Time: 1630
Day 1 Thu 15 Sep
11151 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
1130Depart
1400Southwick House Map Room, Southwick Park
1500Depart Southwick Park, Fareham and drive to Portsmouth
1530D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery, Portsmouth
1800 Arrive Hotel for supper
1830 Supper – included
2030Board Ferry – Time critical for Driver’s hours
2245 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)
Sword Beach (lunch break)
Queen White sector attacked by185 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 3Sat 17 Sep
0900Depart 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 contained4 KSLI, 1 Herefords and 3 Monmouths - all TA regiments.
Op GOODWOOD - Cagny
Op GOODWOOD - Bouguebus Ridge.
1800 Return to hotel accommodation
Free Evening
Day 4Sun 18 Sep
0900Depart 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
1800Return to hotel accommodation
Free Evening
Day 5Mon 19 Sep
0900 Depart Hotel after breakfast
Op Totalize
Closure of the FalaisePocket
MontOrmel
1130Montormel Museum
1300Depart for Ouistreham – check in at 1500 hrs
1630Inbound Ferry
2115 Arrive UK local time and drive to London
2345 approxArrive 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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