Battlefields tour to remember WWI

Julia Cox lays the wreath at the Menin Gate. PNL-160703-143956001

The three pupils from Biddenham International School and Sports Collage visited the Menin Gate and the battlefields of the Somme.

Laying the wreath student Julia Cox said: “This would have made my granddad so proud.”

Julia and fellow students Ben Ashton and Maria Zeb also laid a cross on the grave of Bedford soldier, Percy Gibbert from 63 Gywm Street.

Ben said: “This visit has made the experience of war come alive for me, and I can appreciate what the soldiers must have gone through.”

Their trip was part of the four-year Government-funded Legacy 110 project to send two pupils from every school in the country on a battlefields tour. Pupils will then share their experiences with the rest of the school, and their communities.