Neuve Chapelle

Neuve Chapelle

Send us a text On the 110th anniversary, we travel to France and walk around the battlefield of the first major offensive launched by the British on the Western Front at Neuve Chappelle. Initial successes were tempered by poor decision-making and poor communications between divisional commanders and the offensive ground to a halt in the face of heavy German resistance. Casualties were 11,000 killed, wounded and missing in three days, but no fewer than nine VCs were awarded for the fight...

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Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery

Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery

Send us a text In our latest podcast, we travel to Dud Corner Cemetery and the Loos Memorial in Artois to discover the stories of some of the men who lie here. The podcast begins with an overview of ...

17 Joulu 20231h 16min

Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons

Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons

Send us a text The discovery of a huge collection of letters, postcards and writings of his great-great-grandfather has taken Alex on a fascinating journey through the wartime experiences of his ances...

10 Joulu 20231h 5min

The end of the line

The end of the line

Send us a text In our latest podcast, we visit the end of the Western Front and take a whistlestop tour around the Lys battlefield near the North Sea coast of Belgium. We look at the military actions...

26 Marras 20231h 4min

The Foresters of Flanders

The Foresters of Flanders

Send us a text During the Great War the demand for timber for the front line exceeded at one stage 50,000 tonnes a month. But where on earth could this amount of timber be sourced and who would be ca...

19 Marras 20231h 5min

Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

Send us a text In today's episode, we travel the Ypres salient from Boesinghe to Ypres and visit some of the many cemeteries and memorials that dot this part of the battlefield. We begin at the Zieg...

12 Marras 20231h 3min

The most dangerous man I ever knew.

The most dangerous man I ever knew.

Send us a text Our latest podcast begins at the Guards Grave in the Retz Forest near the village of Villers Cotteret on the Aisne battlefield. It contains the graves of 98 men of the Guards Brigade w...

29 Loka 20231h 3min

Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery

Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery

Send us a text In today's episode, we visit the communal cemetery and extension at Mazengarbe on the Loos battlefield and discover the stories of some of the men who lie buried within. We begin by re...

22 Loka 202359min

Mount Sorrel

Mount Sorrel

Send us a text In this episode, we travel to Flanders and look at the fighting of June 1916 for Hill 62, or Mount Sorrel as it was known. Standing on the top of the ridge today overlooking Sanctuary ...

8 Loka 20231h 3min

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