Turn left on Piccadilly - a day in the life of a British trench
Send us a text Welcome to our 100th podcast! In today's episode, we look at the trenches that formed the 450 miles of the Western Front, running from the Swiss border to the Belgian coast. We look a...
13 Marras 20221h 13min
For God and for France! The battle of Touvent Farm
Send us a text This episode looks at the fighting around Touvent Farm, a critical strong point on what was to become the Somme battlefields. For seven days in June 1915, French infantry fought hand-t...
6 Marras 202255min
Trench talk - Richard Dunning MBE
Send us a text Apologies for the sound issues in this episode, it was recorded online and sadly the Internet connection was misbehaving. The sound is not of the usual standard, but this was out of my ...
30 Loka 20221h 6min
Hill 35 and the story of Fray Bentos
Send us a text In today's podcast, we look at the remarkable story of Tank F41 "Fray Bentos" which took part in an attack on the heavily defended German lines near Hill 35 just outside Zonnebeke in A...
23 Loka 202257min
Eat Apples
Send us a text Our latest episode visits the massive military facility at Etaples on the French coast. Known as Eat Apples to the Tommies, the facility contained 20 hospitals and enough accommodation ...
16 Loka 20221h 2min
A bloody great hole in the ground - La Boiselle
Send us a text In our latest episode we visit the tiny Somme hamlet of La Boiselle and look at the action which led up to the creation of the massive Lochnagar Crater, which stands on the site to this...
9 Loka 20221h 1min
"Doesn't it ever get boring?"
Send us a text In this episode, we visit Ypres and look at five locations around the battlefields that keep calling us back trip after trip. We begin with a reflection on the personal connection one ...
2 Loka 20221h 25min
"I refuse to command a Divison......" the Royal Naval Division at Gavrelle
Send us a text In April 1917 the men of the Royal Naval Division went into action against the German-held village of Gavrelle. Once the village was taken, however, the problems for the British began,...
18 Syys 202258min
