Poppy Travel

As part of The Royal British Legion, Poppy Travel arranges unforgettable travel - the experience of Remembrance. No other tour operator will understand your needs as clearly or have greater sympathy with your hopes and expectations - we've been providing this service since 1927.

We offer a comprehensive range of Remembrance and Battlefield Tours to all corners of the globe and to suit all tastes. We can also create customised tours for groups with specific interests and connections and have a flexible and affordable programme for Schools and Young People. Poppy Travel is the official provider of Realities of War syllabus tours for Army recruits in 2009.

Visit the Poppy Travel website for details at www.poppytravel.org.uk.

Remembrance & Battlefield Tours

We can help you visit individual graves and memorials that are dear to you or put your Remembrance into context with a Battlefield tour lead by an ex-Service guide. Whether a pilgrimage or an historical interest tour, we cater for all needs. 

Poppy Travel covers Western and Eastern Europe, North and South Africa, the Americas and the Far East. We're noted for including remote and complicated areas such as Libya and Burma (Chindit areas and the Arakan) in our tours. 

A free full colour brochure is produced annually which includes all destinations and other interesting information.

For more information, visit the website or contact:

Poppy Travel
Royal British Legion Village
Aylesford
Kent ME20 7NX

Email: Poppy Travel

Tel: +44 (0) 1622 716729
Fax: +44 (0)203 207 2318

War Widows Grant-in-Aid Scheme

This Government sponsored scheme enables war widows (and widowers), who have not done so before at public expense, to make one visit to their husband's (or wife's) grave or memorial overseas.

The scheme covers those who lost a spouse during overseas military service between 1914 and 1967. Widows/widowers who have since remarried are equally eligible.

The Government will pay the full travel and accommodation cost for eligible widows/widowers and will also pay a carer's travel and accommodation costs within the UK.

Poppy Travel administers the scheme on behalf of the Government and has already helped more than 4.000 widows and widowers to visit nearly 40 countries in Europe, Africa and the Far East.

Widows/widowers who have already travelled under this scheme are very welcome to travel with us again, but at the full price.

For further information contact Poppy Travel (details above) or visit www.poppytravel.org.uk.

Poppy Travel for Schools

The Legion organises tours for schools and young people and specialises in taking 13-17 year olds on affordable visits to the battlefields of Europe. Advice can be given on pre-tour work to help students and staff gain the maximum benefit from their trip, and tours are accompanied by an expert guide with lectures, on-site briefings, videos etc to enhance and complement the curriculum. All arrangements include a free place for teachers on the ratio of one to ten students.
Register your interest:

Tel +44 (0) 1622 716729
Email: schools@poppytravel.org.uk

Poppy Travel
The Royal British Legion Village
Aylesford
Kent ME20 7NX