History | Monkton

History @MonktonBath, an independent, day and boarding school for students ages 2-18.

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Day 3 - 10 points if you can find Mr H! Final day of a great trip and heading home. @MonktonBath #year11monktonbath

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Sampling the local delicacies - Currywurst!!

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Day 2 looking back at the 16,000 steps … Brandenburg tour, Reichstag, Holocaust memorial, Berlin Wall Bernauer Strasse, Palace of tears, Checkpoint Charlie and Topography of Terror … wow what a day!

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Day 1 of the Berlin trip started off with a guided visit to the Sachsenhausen memorial and museum, followed by a guided visit to the Stasi Prison and memorial. Moving and thought provoking.

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Visiting the grave of Old Monktonian Lt Col West, VC, DSO and MC followed by a walk through the trenches of Newfoundland park #battlefieldstrip2024

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Tyne Cot Commonwealth Cemetery. The largest cemetery for commonwealth forces in the world, for any war. #battlefieldstrip2024

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Tyne Cot cemetery located outside Passendale #battlefieldstrip2024

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The last post ceremony at Menin Gate. Thank you to our @MonktonBath pupils for laying the wreath. #battlefieldstrip2024

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Flanders Field Museum in Ypres #battlefieldstrip2024

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Stopping off at Sanctuary Wood museum to see a large number of artefacts, relics and photographs from the Great War. #battlefieldstrip2024

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Langemark German Cemetery where more than 44,000 German soldiers are buried. #battlefieldstrip2024

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Thiepval Memorial. A monument with over 73, 000 names #battlefieldstrip2024

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A trip to Vimy Ridge #battlefieldstrip2024

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The execution tree, Poperinge. At least four soldiers appeared before the firing squad here. #battlefieldstrip2024

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Talbot House and museum - a place where rank was left at the front door. Thousands of British soldiers passed through Talbot House during the three years it was open from the end of 1915 #Battlefieldstrip2024