Cecil was a great guide and the experience was very informative and enjoyable. 

Three of us spent two days in the Verdun area and couldn't have been happier with Cecil as a guide.  He put together a full two day agenda, which covered all the main WWI sites in the area (and there are a LOT of them).  He had a good sense of what we should see and why, and was flexible when we asked to make changes to the schedule to allow more time for this or that site (even happily going quite late on the first day).  His knowledge was extensive and his demeanor pleasant.  What I liked was that he delivered more than the facts of each site.  He also added some personal perspective, which is necessary to communicate the horrors of WWI.  It's clear that he enjoys his role as tour guide and WWI as his subject.  I don't think I asked a single question that he hadn't thought about himself, so that he always had an answer or his own theory.  Because of Cecil, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Verdun, saw just about as much as one could see during two days and learned an enormous amount, too.  

My husband and I recently toured the Verdun WWI battlefield areas and the American Meuse Argonne Cemetery with Cecil.  He proved to be a very personable and excellent guide, going out of his way to research places we wanted to visit. At the American Cemetery, he contacted personnel prior to our visit so that my great-uncle's grave would have flags placed on it.  Afterwards, he suggested a drive through the beautful Lorraine countryside which ended in Nancy where we easily get a train back to Paris.  He was easy to communicate with as we planned our trip. We could not have asked for a better guide during our two-day visit to this area.