Events Archive

‘THE CROW’S FLIGHT’ - A NEW TRAIL IN SLOVENIA

The full programme for the 2015 Comete Line Remembrance Reunion Weekend.

(With thanks to The Daily Telegraph) Elizabeth Harrison, who has died aged 93, escaped from Germany as Hitler rose to power, fled Belgium and worked for the French Resistance before becoming the long-serving secretary of the RAF Escaping...

Le Chemin, Trail Reports

ELMS Weekend 2015 ( With many thanks to our Patron Sir Nicholas Young ) Twenty-five years ago, ELMS held its first annual reunion at the Eden Camp, and five years later we stayed for the first time at the Monkbar Hotel in York. We therefore...

1. Tenth Anniversary Trail 2002 by Elizabeth Harrison 2. Comete Trail Report 2005 by Roddy Langley 3. Comete Trail Report 2006 by Phil Douglas 4. Comete Trail Report 2014 by John Clinch 5. Comete Trail Report 2015 - by John Clinch

WW1 and Korean War Memorials Unveiled at the National Arboretum Saturday 2nd April 2016

In August 2016 the Bidasoa Basque Pyrenees Freedom Trails’ Association organised a day trail and night trek.

Charles Schepens, who died on March 28 2006 aged 94, ran an escape route through the Pyrenees during the Second World War and later became a leader in the field of retina surgery.

The ELMS Family Day

A small group of 6 people are planning to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Operation Frankton by retracing the route of Blondie HASSLER and Bill SPARKS. What makes this trip extra special is that it will include Bill's son Terry SPARKS and...

This event commemorates those who were involved with the Comet Line and takes place in Brussels.

It was hard to believe that a full year had passed but here we were again, assembled at the Monkbar Hotel for our annual reunion. Those attending had been gathering in York since Thursday 27th April, and this included a party of 12 Italian...

The Tenna Valley Trail takes place in the Marche region of Italy, based on the town of Servigliano. The town was the site of PG 59, one of two camps in the area. Following the Italian armistice in September 1943 many Allied POWs were...

The annual Commemoration of F Section of SOE takes place on the 6th May. This event remembers the 104 SOE operatives who lost their lives working to liberate France. Details of this year's event are as follows:

This annual, very arduous event takes place in the high Pyrenees.

The Annual reunion takes place during the last week of April,and is based on the town of York and the Eden Camp Museum near Malton. The main event is the reunion weekend, which is held over the last weekend in April and includes the annual...

This trail event retraces the route taken by Allied POWs who were freed from Stalag XVlllD at Maribor in Slovenia (formerly Yugoslavia) to their eventual extraction point from an airfield at Otok.

Christmas Lunch at the Royal Air Force Club Saturday 10th December 2016

David first made contact with what is now the Escape Lines Memorial Society (ELMS) in the late 80s, when he met Roger Stanton, now our Director, when Roger was serving in the army and David was working with the veteran Army Escapers. David...

Following on from the successful event organised by John Clinch in 2016, ELMS are re-launching our 'Ici Londres' event as a simple lunch in London on Saturday the 9th December 2017.

Italy, Sulmona, Freedom Trail

Comète Trail September 2017 commemorative weekend in the Pays Basque.

This event takes place on the 2nd September at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York. Allied Air Forces Day is attended by hundreds of servicemen and veterans from all over UK, and is one of the largest events of its kind in...

ELMS Family Day at the NMA Saturday 6th August 2016

Individual Entry Form First name Surname Address Tel: Email: Formulas: n°1 : 115 € / n°2 : 70 € / n°3 : 30 € / n°4 : 40 €

PROGRAMME – COMET 2016 Thursday 8th September 2016 Afternoon: Arrival of foreign participants 8pm Informal welcome by committee members of “Les amis du Réseau Comète” at the Bar du Théatre, 14 Place de la Liberté, 64100 Bayonne (05 59 25 57...

The 8th edition of the Commemorative Frankton Walk.

ELMS Family Day at the National Arboretum - 2015

Remembrance Day 2015 will be commemorated this year on Sunday 8th November. In addition to the normal large scale event at the Ceneotaph in London there will be many events staged across the country as a whole. No longer simply a...

' They fought and suffered in ferocious conditions. They witnessed incomprehensible horrors. They lost their lives – and many were imprisoned. And they did this for us – to protect the freedoms we enjoy today .' The Second World War in Asia...

A 10 km commemorative walk between the villages of Rumes in Belgium and Bachy in France as a tribute to the wartime guide Henriette Hanotte (Monique) who took many RAF and USAAF evaders across the franco-Belge border and onto Paris.

EXHIBITION IN SPANISH BASQUE COUNTRY

ELMS Summer Picnic at the National Memorial Arboretum