Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo's hugely successful novel which tells the moving story of Thomas Peaceful has become a popular way of delivering the topic of the Great War to younger pupils.
Anglia's landmark tour traces the story of the characters in Morpurgo's book, exploring the issues of life and conditions in the trenches around Ypres and the controversial subject of British military executions.
Highlights of the tour include visits to the Death Cells and Firing Posts in Poperinghe and to the headstone of the real Private Thomas Samuel Peacefull (as it should have been spelled), buried in Bedford House which Michael Morpurgo used as the inspiration for his book.
Suggested Itinerary
Fully guided 1-day tour
Bedford House Cemetery
Volunteer battalions and how they were formed; Recruitment techniques and the poster campaign;
Underage soldiers. The grave of Private Peaceful
Bayernwald
Trenches; Tommo and Charlie’s day-to-day life
Hill 60
The raid – trench fighting; Letters home – those left behind
Poperinghe
Pops – the soldiers’ town; Military law in the First World War and condemned soldiers
The death of Charlie Peaceful
