Graeme MacPherson

Accredited Guide Number: 115

Graeme is a serving Army officer with a background in military logistics. He has served full time and part time for over 34 years in a range of command and staff appointments.

He has been a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides since 2014 and became a badged guide in 2021. His interest in the military started at a young age as he learned of the service of his grandfathers in the Second World War, one as a Royal Engineer, the other as a Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineer in 79th Armoured Division.

He has led a number of military group tours to the WW2 sites of Normandy, Monte Cassino, Sicily, Arnhem and Berlin before developing an interest in the Western Front during WW1.

Graeme has designed and led the Commonwealth Soldier programme taking school and community groups from SE England to the battlefields of France and Belgium to study the contributions made by Commonwealth troops in WW1. He has also delivered a number of tours in the UK and overseas has had the opportunity to lead a tour to the Falkland Islands. In 2018 he supported the Army Cadet Armistice 100 programme to the Somme and the National Muslim Armistice commemorations at Woking’s Indian Army Muslim burial ground memorial.

He is particularly interested in the human aspects of conflict and bringing the personal stories of those who served to life. In addition to leading groups, Graeme also has an interest in research and has delivered a number of WW1 community research projects, presentations and events as well as delivering individual bespoke research projects for families wanting to know more about their relatives.

He is a volunteer speaker for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and a member of the Western Front Association.

Battles

20th CenturyFirst World War 1914-18Western Front - Stalemate (1915)Neuve Chappelle 1915Loos 1915Western Front - Counterattack (1916)Battle of the Somme 1916Delville Wood 1916Western Front - Attrition (1917)Arras 1917Third Battle of Ypres 1917Second World War 1939-45Occupation of Europe (1940)Dunkirk 1940UK Home Front WW2Monte Cassino 1944Liberation of Europe (1944)Normandy Campaign and breakout 1944Eastern Front WW2Fall of Berlin 1945Post WWIIFalklands War 1982

Countries

BelgiumEuropeFalkland IslandsFranceGermanyItalySouth AmericaUnited KingdomWestern Europe

Caters For

Adult Coach GroupsBattlefield WalksBespoke GroupClubs and SocietiesCollege GroupsFamiliesIndividualsMilitary & VeteranPilgrimage GroupsSchool Groups

Areas of Expertise

First World War

Second World War

Casualty evacuation on the Western Front

Indian Army