Episode 2.20 The Battle of Pozieres
Drum-roll time ..... Here it is, The Battle of Pozieres. Percy drinks rum and smokes cigarettes and, those following the series know, things must be really bad for that to happen! He gets buried by a ...
19 Mar 201758min
Episode 2.19 And should the Madonna fall
Jack Prior almost gets himself killed, but many others succeed without trying. The boys are moved to the Somme and the Battle of Pozieres looms large before them. What a charming place, Percy describe...
7 Mar 201745min
Episode 2.18 Gas bombs and scared noobs
Stannard, Green, Hall, Wise etc etc all dead but why worry about that? Bad news from home worries Percy much more when he learns a couple girlfriends are drowned. Such is life!.... Hey, what a great t...
28 Feb 201755min
Episode 2.17 Stripped of a stripe
In this episode, one man gets his head blown off while gas alarms brings out, "goggle faced ogres," who, "moved about in the moonlight and the shadows." Percy mellows on the puritanical side, feeling ...
17 Feb 201740min
Episode 2.16 Sniper to sniper
Well, finally Percy has us in the front line. Sniping and being sniped at, machine gun bullets over our heads in no-man's-land and heavy shelling behind the lines. Percy has no qualms about taking a d...
7 Feb 201740min
Episode 2.15 Pity the 9th Battalion
Come with Percy into the reserve trenches at Sailly-sur-la Lys, which is near the soon to be infamous Fromelles. Listen to why Private Ogilvie nearly kills Private Williams and how does the 9th Battal...
29 Jan 201741min
Episode 2.14 A pretty face like a girl
Who does Percy think looks like a girl? Find out when he sees out his time at Suez and then travels to France, dodging submarines and circling around Malta. Yes, we finally make it to France!
17 Jan 201731min
Episode 2.13 Percy gets a stripe
Thirsty, huh, Perc? Chase after that "furphy" water wagon and watch out for the dead man's bones out in the desert. Percy does some time near the Suez Canal but when will they go to France? Oh, and ye...
10 Jan 201725min
