From Twickenham onto Whitehall and then almost 4,000 miles around the coast of Great Britain. On the 28th April 2014 Veterans In Action will begin their World
War 1 -100 relay walk to commemorate the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. Starting from Tyne Cot War Cemetery in Belgium they will then
walk to the Menin Gate to pause for reflection whilst paying their
respects to the f
allen troops in 1914. Whilst walking the team will carry the relevant national flag of the country they are walking in, changing at the border, along with the Union Flag. The team will then cross to the UK by ferry to Dover where they
will follow the Kent coast and then onwards to the City of London
arriving at Twickenham Rugby Stadium on the 3rd May for
the annual Army Vs Navy rugby match. On the 5th of May the team will walk from the Stadium to Whitehall
to lay a wreath prior to a send off from a Member of Parliament. This will then signify the start of the 4000 mile relay walk
around the British mainland coastline. The walk will last a total of 100 days to signify each year that has passed since the British declaration of war with Germany and will pass through 700 villages, towns and cities where the team will be raising funds. The team will leave London on an easterly route towars Essex and will walk anti-clockwise around the coastline arivnng back in London at Trafalgar Square on the 04th of August. The team will then walk the last half mile to Westminster Abbey to arrive at 2300 where a vigil will be held marking the time that war was declared on Germany.
