70 girls from upper fourth travelled to Ypres in southern Belgium.

While there we visited a number of World War One battlefields and memorials. The Highlight of the first day was the memorial to the missing form the battle of the Somme at Thiepval, where some girls were able to find the names of ancestors who had fallen. We also attended a service at the Menin Gate, where the last post was played, as it is every evening, in memory of those soldiers who left Ypres via the gate and never returned. On the second day we visited both British and allied cemeteries, where we laid wreaths to remember the dead of all nations. The Girls then endured a very rough crossing of the channel, which was no fun for anyone, before safely landing back in blighty!