I can't say my prayers on a stolen carpet..

I can't say my prayers on a stolen carpet..

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode! In today's episode, we look at the role played by Army Chaplains during the Great War. Responsible for the spiritual and personal welfare of soldiers, the Chaplain was a source of great comfort for men during the hell of trench warfare. We look at the history of the Army Chaplain Department and discover the massively important role that Chaplains had in the lives of men at war and meet some of them, including the famous Woodbine Willie, "Tubby...

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The Devil's breath

The Devil's breath

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 7! In our first episode, we look at poison gas, its development and use on the battlefield, and how the science of chemical weapons saw the militarisation of academ...

28 Huhti 20241h 7min

The farm cemeteries - Ypres

The farm cemeteries - Ypres

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the final episode of Season 6 and our 150th podcast! In this episode, we look back at the podcast since it began 3 1/2 years ago, examine some of the statistics about the ...

31 Maalis 20241h 14min

Trench Talk - Tom Isitt and the Italian Front

Trench Talk - Tom Isitt and the Italian Front

Send us Fan Mail In this latest podcast, historian and author Tom Isitt joins us. Tom has a passion (or, he might say, obsession) with the Italian Front in the Great War. An inhospitable battlefield w...

17 Maalis 20241h 12min

Fricourt

Fricourt

Send us Fan Mail With the sad news of the passing of Martin Middlebrooke, this podcast heads to the Somme battlefield where we walk across the battlefield at the village of Fricourt. Our journey take...

3 Maalis 20241h 9min

Special podcast update

Special podcast update

Send us Fan Mail Many of you who listen to the podcast aren't on social media and are not followers of me on Twitter so please find attached a very brief update on what's happening with the podcast go...

19 Helmi 20248min

Trench Talk - Roger Steward in conversation about Langemarck German Cemetery

Trench Talk - Roger Steward in conversation about Langemarck German Cemetery

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode of Trench Talk, it's a real pleasure to be joined by military historian, battlefield guide and author Roger Steward. Lockdown allowed Roger to write the book h...

18 Helmi 20241h 11min

Where it all began - Vimy

Where it all began - Vimy

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode, we visit the battlefield where my journey through the Great War began some 35 years ago - Vimy Ridge. We look at what happened in this part of the front and h...

11 Helmi 20241h 12min

Beyond the front - Kemmel

Beyond the front - Kemmel

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this latest episode of Footsteps of the Fallen. In this episode we travel to Flanders and visit one of the lesser-visited corners of the Great War in this part of Belgium,...

4 Helmi 20241h 2min

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