When I first started Sophie’s Great War Tours, I imagined we would simply be a travel company, organising journeys to the First World War battlefields and sharing the history with care. My aim was to tell the stories accurately and sensitively, honouring the men and women who gave their everything.

But very quickly, I realised we were becoming something far deeper.

Again and again, families arrived with a name… a photograph… a fragment of a story passed down through generations. And what they left with was connection. Understanding. A sense of belonging to their own history.

One recent journey reminded me exactly why we do what we do. Bill and his family joined us to follow in the footsteps of their relatives remembered on the Western Front. What began as a tour became days of reflection, discovery, and storytelling piecing together lives lived, choices made, and legacies carried forward.

It wasn’t just history; it was family time. It was remembrance made personal.

That’s what Sophie’s Great War Tours is today. Yes, we guide people across the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. Yes, we bring the history to life with research, expertise, and care.

But more than anything, we help people find their story.

We help families stand where their relatives once stood. We help them understand service, sacrifice, and love in a new way.
And we give them space to remember, not just the war, but the people.

The tours have grown into something I never expected, yet exactly what I hoped for: a place where history meets heart.

If you’d like to explore your own family story or simply walk the battlefields with an experienced guide and a listening ear I’d love to help you begin that journey.