Thread by @wwfcofficial

Wycombe Wanderers are en route to the Somme to learn about - and pay their respects to - the Footballers’ Battalions who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War.

Gareth Ainsworth led his men on the tour eight years ago, and returns today with a new generation of #Chairboys.

Honouring those who lost their lives in World War I.

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Taking in the scale of the loss of life at the Arras Memorial.

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Paying respect to the great Walter Tull, a fantastic footballer who became the first British-born black army officer and the first black officer to lead British troops into battle.

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