Final Reminder for Payment and Documents

Guys, for those of you who have not already provided your payments and documents (and you know who you are) here is a quick reminder of what is needed by Thursday 23rd June:


£220 for the main trip
£20 for Disney
£10 for T-Shirt
€40 (Cash) for buying Fuel & Food in France
EHIC (E111)
Insurance Documents
Passport
Spending Money (if you want the Adults to look after it)


And REMEMBER... if you don't produce the above items you won't be going to France. Simple!

IMPORTANT INFO: Change to the Departure Details

Guys, here is some important info about the departure of the main party from Llay British Legion:

Due to the Coach not being available as soon as we had hoped please ensure you come to Llay British Legion at  9:30 pm with all your luggage. We will then load up and depart straight away.

Please ignore any previous instructions for bringing your luggage earlier as the Coach will not be available for us until 9:30 pm at Llay British Legion.

Timetable of Events

Hi Everyone, the timetable of events for this years trip to France & Belgium is starting to take shape. It is subject to change but so far it looks like this:

Fri 24th June: Advance Party arrive and set up camp
Sat 25th June: Main Party arrive at Camping du Château et de l’oseraie
Sun 26th June: Parade Practice & Visit to Mametz Memorial
Mon 27th June: Lochnagar Crater Maintenance Work
Tue 28th June: Day Trip to Disney Resort Paris
Wed 29th June: Tyne Cot Cemetery & Menin Gate Parade (Belgium)
Thu 30th June: Practice for the main parades
Fri  1st July: Parades at Lochnagar, Thiepval, Ulster Tower & Beaumont Hamel
Sat 2nd July: Shopping & Pack up camp
Sun 3rd July: Return to UK

BBC News Item

Guys, here's and interesting New Item from the BBC

War Graves & Memorials

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) offer a comprehensive website and search facility for casualties of the British Commonwealth who fought in the First and Second World Wars.

Using the search page on the CWGC website we have put together a selective list of First World War casualties who share the same surname as some of our Cadets. This list is not exhaustive. In order to keep it to a manageable size it is restricted to the less popular Surnames of our Cadets and to the Cemeteries and Memorials we hope or intend to visit during our trip.

There is no guarantee that the casualties shown below are, in fact, related to our Cadets… this list is merely intended to be a starting point and something the Cadet and their own family will have to research or investigate further.

If your surname is not shown below, or you want to do a full search for all Casualties at all Cemeteries and Memorials then please click here.

Should the Cadet discover that one of their relatives is indeed buried at one of the Cemeteries, or listed at one of the Memorials, then we hope to give them the opportunity to visit.

ABELL , CHARLES THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

ABELL , H TYNE COT CEMETERY 

ABELL , JOHN LLOYD WILLIAM HOWARD THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

ABELL , MAURICE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

ABELL , PERCIVAL E. TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

BRINDLEY , CHARLESYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

BRINDLEY , JOHN YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

BRINDLEY , ROBERT TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

BRINDLEY , THOMAS TYNE COT MEMORIAL

BRINDLEY , WILLIAM PERCY TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ALBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ALBERT HENRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ALBERT JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ALEXANDER G.M. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , ALFRED E. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ALFRED VICTORTYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ANDREW BUCHANAN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , ANDREW GILCHRIST THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ARCHIE TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ARTHUR HENRY VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ARTHUR JAMES YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ARTHUR WILLIAM TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , BERTIE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , BERTRAM JOHN TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , C G THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , CHARLES HENRYTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , CLIFFORD TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , DAVIDTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , EDGAR R. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , EDWARDYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , EDWARD YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL       

GARDNER , EDWARD TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , EDWIN YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ERNEST THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ERNEST O. TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , FRANK THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , FREDERICK THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , FREDERICK THOMAS TYNE COT CEMETERY 

GARDNER , GEORGETHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , GEORGE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , GEORGETHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , GEORGE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , GEORGE WILLIAM YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , GODFREY DERMAN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HAROLD TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HAROLD JOSEPHYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HARRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HARRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HARRY VICTOR THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , HENRY TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HENRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , HENRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HENRY VICTOR THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HERBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HERBERT SINGLETON YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , HUGH YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JAMES YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JAMESTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JAMES THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JAMESTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JAMES THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JAMESTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN EDWARD TYNE COT CEMETERY 

GARDNER , JOHN GEORGETYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOHN HINDE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

GARDNER , JOSEPH THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , JOSEPH THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , JOSEPH WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , LEONARD ERNESTTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , MATTHEW THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , MICHAEL   THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , PERCY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , PETERTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , REGINALD EDWARD TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , REGINALD HENRY YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , REGINALD WILFREDTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , RICHARD LOWTHER YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

GARDNER , ROBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ROBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , ROBERT MACGREGOR STEWART YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , S H THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , THOMAS THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , THOMAS ARTHUR OMDERMAN VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL

GARDNER , THOMAS SAMUEL YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WALTERYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WALTER ERNEST THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , WALTER EVERSHED YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WALTER JAMES THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

GARDNER , WILLIAM YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

GARDNER , WILLIAM TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM TYNE COT MEMORIAL

GARDNER , WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , WILLIAM ALBERT EDWARD THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM ARTHUR THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM FRANK THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

GARDNER , WILLIAM G. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM GEORGE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM HENRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM JOHN TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIAM THOMAS YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

GARDNER , WILLIE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

HOMER , ALBERT   THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

HOMER , ALBERT JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

HOMER , ALEXANDER HENRY TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

HOMER , ALFRED YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

HOMER , CALEB YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

HOMER , FREDERICK TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

HOMER , GORDON HUNTER YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

HOMER , JASON VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL 

HOMER , JOHN VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL 

HOMER , JOHN THOMAS TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

HOMER , LAWRENCE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

HOMER , S A TYNE COT CEMETERY 

HOMER , SAMUEL YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

HOMER , WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

HOMER , WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

HOMER , WILLIAM HOWARD CLAUDE TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ALBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ALBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ALBERT EDWARD TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ALFREDTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ALFRED THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ARTHURTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ARTHUR JAMES THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ASHLEYTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , CHARLES HENRY TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , D JTYNE COT CEMETERY 

PETERS , EDWARD THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , ERNESTTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , FRANCIS CHARLES SAVILLE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , FREDERICK THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , FREDERICK ERNESTTYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , FREDERICK ZENAS THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , GEORGE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , GEORGE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , GEORGE CORNELIUS YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , GEORGE WILLIAMTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , HAROLD ERNEST TYNE COT CEMETERY 

PETERS , HENRYTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , HENRY YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , HENRY YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , HENRY ALBERT TYNE COT MEMORIAL       

PETERS , HERBERT JOHN TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , J B TYNE COT CEMETERY

PETERS , JAMES TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JAMES TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JAMES ALLEN YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JASON THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

PETERS , JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JOHN YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

PETERS , JOHN ARTHUR TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JOHN EDWARD THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JOSEPH JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , JOSEPH WILLIAMYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , OSWALD YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

PETERS , RICHARD JAMES YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , RICHARD WILLIAM FREDERICK TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , SIDNEY CHARLES THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

PETERS , THOMAS THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , THOMAS YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , THOMAS HENRY YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , WILFRED GEORGE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , WILLIAM HENRY TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

PETERS , WILLIAM MICHAEL THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

PETERS , WILLIAM ROBERT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

PETERS , WILLIAM T. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

PETERS , WILLIAM THOMPSON VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , ALFRED THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , ALFRED EDWARD YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , HARRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , HENRY THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , HENRY G. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , JOHN THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , JOHN HENRYYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , JOHN WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

TIPPING , WALTER TYNE COT MEMORIAL 

TIPPING , WILLIAM THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  

Passports

Passports are essential. Quite simply, your child will not be coming to France with the Cadets without one.

NOTE: Their Passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of our return. In other words, if we return on Sunday 3^rd July then your child’s passport MUST BE VALID UNTIL AT LEAST 3^RD JANUARY 2012. Please check the expiry date on their Passport.

We will be asking for parents to confirm the Passport Serial Numbers to us soon.

The adults in the party will look after all the Passports and we will let you know the date when these have to be handed in by.

Health Cards (EHIC's)

European Health Insurance Cards, also known as EHIC’s (and formerly known as E111 Forms) are carried by UK Citizens when travelling in Europe. It shows that the individual is entitled to Free UK NHS Medical Treatment for injury and illness. This card will therefore ensure that the individual will also receive appropriate emergency medical treatment whilst travelling in Europe the same as they would back home in the UK.

EHIC’s are the same size as Credit Cards and they look like this.

They are free from the NHS and are available to all UK citizens. Your child may already have one. If so please check that it will still be in-date for the duration of our trip. If you need to apply for a new one, or even a renewal of an out-of-date one, then you can do it by clicking here. It should arrive in one to two weeks. If you would prefer to apply by phone then you can ring the EHIC Hotline on 0845 606 2030.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you apply online then beware that there are several websites that will charge you for your EHIC. These are nothing but middle-men trying to make a few quid. EHIC’s are completely FREE OF CHARGE if you go to the legitimate NHS EHIC Website and apply for it. Don’t get caught out.

The adults in the party will look after all the EHIC’s and we will let you know the date when these have to be handed in by.

Travel Insurance

In the past we have made attempts to have a single group insurance to cover all party members and all eventualities. This was done to try and save costs. However, we found that some Parents / Cadets felt that what we offered didn’t always tie in with their expectations.

Therefore, we now ask that each member of the party arranges their own Travel Insurance. All they then have to do is give a copy of their policy (including policy reference number) to one of the adults.

What we have noticed over the last few years is that most Parents opt for Single Trip Travel Insurance from the Post Office. It seems to offer great value for money. Their main policies for a single traveller to Europe can be viewed by clicking here. The most popular one of these that most parents have selected in the last few years seems to be the Classic Insurance.

If you believe this Post Office Policy suits your needs then you can buy this on-line by clicking here. Remember to set the number of Adults to zero and the number of under-18's to 1.

If you prefer you can buy this policy by telephone on 0800 294 2292, or by simply going into your local Post Office.

But please make sure you read all the policy wording and make sure that the one you select is the best for you and your child.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you hold an “All Year Family Travel Insurance” Policy with, say, your Bank then don’t just assume this will cover your child for this trip. We have found that many of these policies only cover a child under the age of 18 when they are being accompanied on the trip by a family member who is also on that policy. In other words your child may not be covered if they travel without a family member. Check this out with your travel insurance company… it might still be worth getting separate cover for this trip.

We will let you know the date when this info has to be handed in by.