Point du Jour - a journey through a cemetery

Point du Jour - a journey through a cemetery

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we visit Point du Jour Cemetery near Athies, just outside Arras to walk through the cemetery and hear the stories of some of the men who lie buried within. We begin with an overview of the Battle of Arras, before visiting the magnificent stone cairn to the memory of the 9th Scottish Division, known informally as The Jocks and Boks division. We hear the story of a New Zealand soldier who died during a disastrous trench raid with the men of the ...

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The poets of Pilkem

The poets of Pilkem

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode we head back to Flanders for another walk around the battlefield near the canal at Boesinghe. Starting at Little Swan Farm we look at a wonderful project aimin...

14 Marras 202155min

Trench Talk - Paul Reed

Trench Talk - Paul Reed

Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, it's a real pleasure to be joined by military historian, podcaster, writer, and broadcaster, Paul Reed. A professional military historian for over 30 years, Pa...

7 Marras 20211h 18min

A tale of two cemeteries

A tale of two cemeteries

Send us Fan Mail In today's podcast, we take a walk through two small but fascinating cemeteries in Artois, La Targette British Cemetery near Neuville St Vaast, and Le Trou Aid Post located near Fleu...

31 Loka 202148min

Those magnificent men - the life and death of a British airman

Those magnificent men - the life and death of a British airman

Send us Fan Mail Of all areas of warfare that developed during the Great War, the advances in technology that accompanied the development of flight were surely the most dramatic. Our story of the Roy...

24 Loka 202149min

Operation Alberich

Operation Alberich

Send us Fan Mail As the sun set on the Somme battle, over 125,000 Allied soldiers lay dead on the fields of Picardy. Every inch of ground that had been gained had been paid for in blood. The Germans...

17 Loka 202156min

Bernafay Wood

Bernafay Wood

Send us Fan Mail In our 50th podcast, we return to the Somme battlefield and look at one of the lesser-known areas of the fighting, Bernafay Wood. While there were no major battles per se, the wood i...

3 Loka 202149min

Trench Talk - The Lone Tree of Loos with Wayne & Michelle Young

Trench Talk - The Lone Tree of Loos with Wayne & Michelle Young

Send us Fan Mail On this, the 106th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, it's an absolute pleasure to be joined by Michelle and Wayne Young, two avid battlefield visitors, who, like me, share a real pas...

26 Syys 202146min

Caterpillar Valley

Caterpillar Valley

Send us Fan Mail Our journey begins in the small village of Bazentin, at one of the smallest war memorials on the Western Front, that to the Nine Brave Men of the Royal Engineers, before we begin our ...

19 Syys 202145min

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