Their Past Your Future > Commemorative Visits Programme

Several unforgettable trips have already been enjoyed by schools and youth groups across the UK as part of the Their Past Your Future Commemorative Visits Programme, including the prizewinners in our D-Day and Beyond Competition commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Click on a destination below to learn more about where we have already been and the learning aims of the visits, and also to view our photographic records of these. You will also find historical information relating to each destination, sample itineraries and suggested places to visit to help you to plan your own commemorative visit in this sixtieth anniversary year. We will add more examples of destinations we have visited as the programme develops, so be sure to come back and see how the Commemorative Visits Programme is offering young people across the UK lessons they will never forget.

Monte Cassino

'Visiting the Polish cemetery with George was very emotional…when he was in his uniform at Cassino, two air officers saluted him and that made me feel proud of him.'
Ursuline High School, Wimbledon

Normandy Beaches

‘I was really taken by what I saw at Juno beach… As you looked at it you realised that this war you read about actually happened here.’
Oakmead Technology College, Bournemouth

D Day Portsmouth

‘Seeing all the ships in the harbour, reminded me of what it would have looked like 60 years ago.’
Holbrook Primary School, Coventry

D Day London

‘The most exciting part was when HMS Belfast shot her guns.’
Inver Primary School, Ross-Shire, Scotland

D Day Normandy

‘The surviving veterans of D-Day marched with immense pride through the streets near Gold Beach. I found the parade so moving. We thanked the heroes of D Day who are still with us, and remembered those who sacrificed their lives 60 years ago.’
Abbey Grange Church of England High School, Leeds

Battle of Normandy

‘One veteran who we spoke to said that the best reward that we could give would be to tell everyone what he told us. He wanted every single person to know the truth about war and live for peace.’
Kinder Children’s Choirs of the High Peak

Warsaw

‘For 60 years this event has existed in the minds of its veterans, and now it exists as a museum, a statue, but most of all an acknowledgement by every single person who was in Warsaw that weekend.’
Ullswater Community College, Penrith

Canada and the USA - May 2005

‘We’ve learned a lot about the role of Canadian and American soldiers during the Second World War. We spoke to Canadian veterans and you learn so much more from people who have been there. Meeting them was a real highlight of the trip.’

Hampstead School, London

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