Respected military authors Tonie and Valmai Holt are generally acknowledged as the founders of the modern battlefield tour and have established a sound reputation for the depth of their research. Their Major & Mrs Holt’s Battlefield Guides is without doubt the leading series describing the most visited battlefields of the First and Second World Wars.
They have a unique combination of male and female viewpoints and can draw upon approaching 40 years of military and travel knowledge and experience gained in personally conducting thousands of people around the areas they have written about.
Valmai Holt took a BA(Hons) in French and Spanish and taught history. Tonie Holt took a BSc(Eng) and is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and of the Army Staff College at Camberley. They are both Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts and Science and have made frequent appearances on the lecture circuit, on radio and television.
In January 2014 they received the Médaille Centenaire of the Conseil Général de la Somme for their work in promoting knowledge of the Great War and tourism in the Département.
The authors receiving their WW1 Centenary Medals from the President of the Somme Conseil Général.
