Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery
Send 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 remin...
22 Okt 202359min
Mount Sorrel
Send 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 Woo...
8 Okt 20231h 3min
The Nivelle Offensive
Send a text In 1917 French general Robert Nivelle launched an offensive against the Germans on the River Aisne which he was convinced would break the Western Front once and for all. After nine days o...
1 Okt 20231h 6min
Farming the front
Send a text During the course of the Great War, the problem of feeding the vast numbers of men and animals in the military was a constant source of concern for Army command. The Army contained many m...
10 Sep 20231h 1min
Le Cateau - one day in August
Send a text In this episode, we visit the battlefield of Le Cateau. In August 1914 Horace Smith-Dorrien's II Corps stood and fought when they had been ordered to retreat. This disobedience delayed t...
3 Sep 20231h 2min
Surrender be damned! The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge
Send a text Between the 8-13th of May 1915, the Germans attempted to smash their way through the British lines in the Ypres salient launching an attack against the Frezenberg Ridge. The British were s...
27 Aug 20231h 6min
The sculpting soldier
Send a text Standing at Hyde Park Corner in London, the Royal Artillery Memorial has been cited by one art critic as the finest work of sculpture of the 20th Century. Its creator, Charles Sergeant Ja...
20 Aug 20231h 5min
The lost cemetery
Send a text Our journey today begins at Berkshire Cemetery Extension near Ploegsteert Wood, home of a stunning memorial to the missing, and two magnificent stone lions guarding the entrance in allegor...
6 Aug 202358min
