Ampleforth College Humanities

The official Twitter account for Humanities at Ampleforth College, a leading Catholic co-educational boarding school situated in North Yorkshire.

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Year 9 have returned from a moving trip to the Battlefields where they paid their respects to all the missing at The Somme, especially the six OAs commemorated there, and had a trip to Thiepval Memorial and the Flanders Field Museum – what an experience #compassforlife

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Year 9 battlefields trip on the way back from Dover to @AmpleforthColl. Thanks to team @HalsburyTravel for strong collaboration to make it all happen.

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Year 9 @AmpleforthColl now returning to Calais after a great visit to In Flanders Fields Museum.

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Thiepval Memorial @AmpleforthColl year 9 battlefields trip

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Paying our respects to all the missing of The Somme and esoecially to the Six OAs @AmpleforthColl commemorated here - 2nd Lt Henry Allanson, Lcpl Leo Miles, Rifleman Jack Bodenham, 2nd Lt Raymond Calder-Smith, Pte Joseph Fishwick & 2nd Lt Francis Whittam.

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Remembering Lt Eldred Martin @AmpleforthColl killed in action 1 July 1916.

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Appreciating the immense scale of Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle @AmpleforthColl battlefields trip

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Visiting The Black Watch memorial at Beaumont Hamel @AmpleforthColl

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In the Trenches at Vimy Ridge @AmpleforthColl

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We remember Pte A F Darby OA @AmpleforthColl commemorated at Vimy Ridge Memorial

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Canada mourns her fallen, Vimy Ridge Memorial

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Year 9 battlefields trip @AmpleforthColl - Mrs Cook, Emily and Seb lay a wreath at The Menin Gate on behalf of all Amplefordians present and past.

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Gathered for The Menin Gate service @AmpleforthColl year 9 battlefields trip

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A fabulous effort from students on The Big Walk at the weekend – 78km over 24hrs from Whitby Abbey back to the College to raise funds for Oakfield School in Nottingham, a school for children with physical and/or learning difficulties – well done to all involved! #compassforlife

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A moment of reflection and prayer at Spanbroekmolen Crater - the Pool of Peace

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Year 9 students have embarked on their First World War Battlefields trip in Belgium and Northern France – a compelling way to appreciate the impact of the First World War and an opportunity to remember the 63 Old Amplefordians who lost their lives #lestweforget

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Year 9 battlefields trip - A prayer vigil at The Pool of Peace @AmpleforthColl

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Year 9 @AmpleforthColl at Bayernald trenches

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Year 9 Visiting the German trenches at Bayernwald @AmpleforthColl