Events Calendar 2026
Keep track of ELMS and associated remembrance, reunion and Freedom Trail events. The calendar is updated as dates are confirmed.
Organisations
Find organisations connected with escape-line commemoration and trail activity.
Venues
Explore memorials, trailhead towns and museums with travel guidance for planning your visit.
Archive
Browse past event reports, wreath-layings and trail diaries preserved in the ELMS archive.
Calendar
Review current listings and confirm details with organisers before booking travel.
Before You Travel
To the best of our knowledge, all dates indicated are correct at the time of publication. ELMS has no prior knowledge of, or responsibility for, events not organised by the Society.
CHECK WITH ORGANISERS BEFORE MAKING ANY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
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2026 Events
April 2026
ELMS Annual Reunion & AGM
More dates to follow
No further 2026 dates are currently listed on this page. Please check the organiser pages, archive and ELMS Facebook updates for newly confirmed events.
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April 2025
- Sulmona Trail – Il Sentiero Della Libertà
- ELMS Reunion Week-end – ELMS
May 2025
- Tenna Valley Trail – Associazione Casa Della Memoria
June 2025
- Basque Pyrenees Freedom Trail – Basque Freedom Trails Assn
July 2025
- Fréteval Commemorations
- Chemin de la Liberté – Chemin de la Liberté Association
August 2025
- Arboretum Gathering – ELMS
September 2025
- Crow's Flight Trail – Drusto Vranov Let [The Crow's Flight Association]
- Allied Air Forces Memorial Day – Yorkshire Air Museum
- Veterans' Memorial Day – Eden Camp Museum
- Comète Trail – Les Amis du Réseau Comète
- AFEES Reunion – Air Force Escape and Evasion Society USA
October 2025
- Comète Remembrance – La Ligne Comète Line Remembrance
November 2025
- Monte San Martino Lunch – Monte San Martino Trust
December 2025
- "Ici Londres" Commemorative Lunch – ELMS
- Operation Frankton Reunion
Please Note:
YOU MUST BE BOOKED ON TO AN EVENT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
- Please ensure that you have appropriate insurance cover for participation in all events – ordinary 'holiday' insurance may not cover you for some events.
- In particular, make sure that you fully understand and have details of programmes and risk assessments for all walking activities.
- Although ELMS advertise the events of other like-minded organisations, the ELMS Trustees cannot be held responsible for the organisation of those events or for dates / details listed above for those events.
- N.B. You may encounter additional Covid clauses in your travel insurance, also additional regulations regarding national and international travel – BE AWARE.
- ELMS will endeavour to notify, in good time, members and guests booked onto any ELMS organised events if cancellation is necessary due to Covid-19 – please ensure that your insurance covers this eventuality – the Society cannot be held liable for circumstances beyond its control.
- TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, ALL DATES ARE CORRECT AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION, BUT CHECK WITH THE ORGANISERS BEFORE MAKING PLANS OR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANY EVENT.
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Organisations
Information about some of the organisations which stage commemorative events or host commemorative trails.
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Explore the memorials, museums, and trailhead towns that host ELMS ceremonies and Freedom Trails.
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Explore reports and announcements from past ELMS commemorations, reunions, and international Freedom Trails. Use the archive below to revisit highlights, photos, and updates from earlier years.
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