KTS History

Knights Templar School History

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We’re just joining the A1 so all being well will be back at school for 10:30

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We’re on the M25 so looking on track to get back for 10:30

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Newfoundland Park

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Thiepval Memorial to the Missing

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Lochnagar Mine Crater

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‘The Devonshires held this trench and the Devonshires hold it still.’

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Menin Gate Last Post ceremony

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St Julien memorial

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Sanctuary Wood trench museum

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Hill 60 and the Caterpillar Crater

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Lijssenthoek Cemetery

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Wellington Quarry, Arras

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Battlefields 2026 is in full swing!

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ETA between 10.30pm and 10.45pm.

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Back in Blighty. Still on time!

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Checked in, through passport control, and ready for the crossing home. The ferries are running to schedule, so we expect to be on time at school. We'll keep updating you (as will the students!).

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Vimy offers an excellent opportunity to see inside a well-preserved trench system. Here, students look out from the German lines over to the British lines.

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We're now heading for Calais.

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The skies cleared over the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. It remembers the 66,000 Canadians who lost their lives in the First World War. The youngest was fifteen; barely older than the students on our trip.

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Thank you to Tom, who makes the First World War history come alive for us. It is the tenth time he has guided KTS around the battlefields. The first time, Miss de Fraine was on the tour as a student. This year, she's back as a teacher!