Episode 1.6 Rats as big as cats
Len takes us through the dismal winter of 1916-1917 at Ypres and on the Somme, in this episode which I almost called A for ANZAC. Find out why. We experience the death of the well loved Colonel Howell...
31 Touko 20161h 22min
Episode 1.5 Shaking Hands With Fritz
In this episode Len takes us back to the Somme in front of Pozieres at Moquet Farm. We also meet a couple of Germans. A very amusing little Saxon bloke and a possiblr spy. Len ends up at Ypres in Belg...
8 Touko 201633min
Episode 1.4 Toc's Premonition Pozieres
This is it, the Battle of Pozieres. Len describes the taking of this infamous French Village between the 22nd and 27th of July 1916. Toc Oates had a premonition of death at Gallipoli. Now you can see ...
9 Huhti 201635min
Episode 1.3 Pink Patches
"Righto Don Company, over you go". In this episode, Len takes your on a train trip through 1916 France, then into the trenches of the Western Front for the first time. We here about life in the trench...
30 Maalis 201623min
Episode 1.2 Fighting Johnny Turk
In this episode, Len Jones describes life in the trenches at Gallipoli before the withdrawal and the Battalion's time in Egypt and on the Suez Canal. Len is sniped at and nearly blown up. He also just...
18 Maalis 201643min
Episode 1.1 The Memoirs of Corporal Len Jones
This is the first episode in a series presenting the memoirs written by Warwickshire born 21 year old Leonard Jones. Len describes his early life as a merchant seaman, his voyage to Australia and his ...
7 Maalis 201631min
Episode 0.0 There were skeletons of horses too
This is the introduction to my new podcast which aims to bring primary source material originally written by soldiers and other combatants in The Great War or World War One (WW1), if you prefer. These...
19 Helmi 20167min
