The Brickstacks

Send a text On the 23rd of September 1914, the BEF went into action, fighting the Germans around the Belgian city of Mons. The small but highly trained BEF was outnumbered three to one by the German...

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Send a text In our latest episode, we visit one of the most iconic battlefields anywhere on the Western Front, the Newfoundland Memorial Park at Beaumont Hamel. The park was the site of the tragedy of...

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Send a text To the northeast of Ypres stands a dark and forbidding woodland, formerly an equestrian centre and rifle range that became a ferocious battlefield in the September of 1917. Known as Polyg...

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Send a text In our latest episode, we visit one of the forgotten battlefields of WW1, the small village of Cuinchy. Location of the infamous brick stacks, the village appears in many personal memoirs...

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Send a text Our journey today takes us to the small Somme village of Guedecourt. Throughout September 1916 the village was the scene of violent fighting as the Allies sought to gain control of the vi...

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Send a text In our latest podcast, we visit the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras to discover the personal stories of some of the men who lie buried within. The cemetery has a real connection with ...

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Send a text This latest episode looks at alcohol and its influence at home and the front. Our journey begins in a London pub containing a remarkable piece of WW1 memorabilia, where time has remained ...

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Send a text In this first Trench Talk of Season 4, it's a real pleasure to be joined by Helen Roberts. Helen is an avid history fanatic who was fascinated by the large chalk map of Australia carved i...

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