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title: "Year 8 WW1 Battlefields Trip"
url: "https://www.twyford.org.uk/news/2025-02-27-year-8-ww1-battlefields-trip"
school: "Twyford CofE High School"
---

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# Year 8 WW1 Battlefields Trip

  ![Image of Year 8 WW1 Battlefields Trip](https://files.schudio.com/twyford-cofe-high-school/images/news/Y8_WW1_3.jpg)  27 February 2025

Year 8 visited the World War One Battlefields at the Somme and in Ypres, including laying crosses at cemeteries and a wreath at the Menin Gate before experiencing preserved trenches and tunnels.

![](https://www.twyford.org.uk/images/news/Y8_WW1_2.jpg)

![](https://www.twyford.org.uk/images/news/Y8_WW1_1.jpg)

![](https://www.twyford.org.uk/images/news/Y8_WW1_4.jpg)

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