The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Army Cadets from Spalding and Holbeach detachments were among those who took part in a battlefield tour in northern France.
The cadets, who are part of Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force (ACF), took part in the three-day trip in late October as part of a national campaign to mark 100 years since the Armistice and give the cadets a greater insight into what life was like for soldiers in the trenches.
During the tour cadets visited battlefields and re-created trench systems to learn more about the conditions faced by soldiers, were given talks by historians about how the war developed, the technology used and the impact it had.
The tour then culminated in a parade at the Thiepval Memorial to the missing.
Colonel Jeremy Field, a senior adult volunteer and Commandant of Lincolnshire ACF, said: “It was a great privilege to attend with cadets from Lincolnshire ACF as part of the Somme battlefields tour in France followed by a special service of remembrance at the awe inspiring Thiepval Memorial.
The cadets were humbled to read the inscriptions on the graves of those who died, many of whom were only a few years older than themselves.”
