Hill 70 - a listener's request

Hill 70 - a listener's request

Send us a text Welcome to today's episode! For the first time, we have created a listener's request podcast; I was contacted by a listener who discovered his Grandfather had been killed at Hill 70 while serving with the Cameron Highlanders at the Battle of Loos in 1915. The listener is planning his first-ever trip to the Western Front and wants to walk the battlefield where his Grandfather was killed. He asked if I could do a podcast about that area - your wish is my command! We begin w...

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Christmas tales - turkeys, trench raids and tee shots

Christmas tales - turkeys, trench raids and tee shots

Send a text In this episode, we look at Christmas in wartime, both on the home front and in the front line. We talk about a lucky purchase from a small Northamptonshire auction house that provided i...

26 Joulu 20211h 1min

Beaucourt - the day the sailors died

Beaucourt - the day the sailors died

Send a text The Royal Naval Division, made from men whose presence wasn't needed onboard ships, fought with distinction during WW1, from the defence of Antwerp in 1914, through Gallipoli, and onto the...

19 Joulu 202151min

The souvenir king

The souvenir king

Send a text The Army Postal Service (APS) was a remarkable organisation that handled over 2 billion letters and 12 million parcels throughout the Great War. A letter posted in London would normally a...

12 Joulu 202145min

Trench talk - The village with the gun with Dr Irfan Malik

Trench talk - The village with the gun with Dr Irfan Malik

Send a text In our latest episode of "Trench Talk" it's a real pleasure to sit down and chat with Dr Irfan Malik. Dr. Malik grew up with stories of the men from his home village of Dulmial who went o...

5 Joulu 202152min

Till we meet beyond the grave.

Till we meet beyond the grave.

Send a text Our journey today begins in Unicorn Cemetery near Vendhuile, just outside St Quentin at the headstone of Lt. David Clemetson. The wealthy son of Jamaican banana traders, he enlisted into ...

28 Marras 202150min

The Indians are coming - Festubert 1914

The Indians are coming - Festubert 1914

Send a text In this episode, we look at the fighting at Festubert in November 1914 where men of the Indian Army found themselves out-manned, out-gunned, and out-supplied by a rampaging German army. D...

21 Marras 202154min

The poets of Pilkem

The poets of Pilkem

Send a text 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 aiming to ...

14 Marras 202155min

Trench Talk - Paul Reed

Trench Talk - Paul Reed

Send a text 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, Paul ha...

7 Marras 20211h 18min

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