Virtual Battlefield Tour #3: A Lousy Wood on the Somme, 1916
04 Feb

We are absolutely delighted to announce the details of the first six Virtual Battlefield Tours, commissioned exclusively for Western Front Association members from Battle Guide Virtual Tours. As previously described, these are 'immersive', interactive 'virtual' tours combining modern technology with original and current audio and video content to give you the next best thing to actually visiting the battlefields themselves.

Leuze Wood or Lousy Wood as the British inevitably called it, straddles the Guillemont to Combles road on the high ground that features so much in the 2nd Phase of the Battle of the Somme. Itself being flanked by the infamous Falfemont Farm and the crumbled ruins of Guillemont, dominated views to the North and East and stood in the way of the advance by General Rawlinson’s Fourth Army in early September 1916. Successively fought over by a great many units, it was captured, lost, and finally cleared largely by men of the 5th and 56th Divisions whose actions this virtual tour will concentrate on.  Lousy wood may not hold the same notorious reputation or fable as others such as Delville, Mametz or High Wood but nevertheless its story should be told.

Please note that this Tour is now fully booked. You may still register your interest in it but will be placed on a waiting list in case anyone drops out. If you are already registered on this Tour, please let us know straight away if you will be unable to attend so that we can offer your place to the next person on the waiting list. 

How do I join one of these Virtual Tours?

Due to technical limitations (bandwidth), we are restricted to 60 members per tour. To be fair to all our members who may wish to join a tour, we are initially restricting applications to one tour per member. Depending upon the demand, there may be an opportunity to apply for a further tour later.

Applying to join a tour will be a two stage affair: Registration and then Payment.

Firstly, you'll be invited to register for a tour. This will allow us to allocate places to the first 60 applicants for each tour;  to create a waiting list if any tour is over-subscribed;  and to invite further applications for any tour which is under-subscribed.

The link to register for your chosen tour is here REGISTRATION OF VIRTUAL TOUR

Remember it will be strictly 'first come first served' with each member only being able to register for one tour, and only the first 60 registrations being taken for each tour. Make sure to use the same email address as the one you are registered with at the WFA.

 

Your Computer, Your Home
Virtual Battlefield Tour #3: A Lousy Wood on the Somme, 1916, office@westernfrontassociation.com
04 Feb 2021 19:30