Christmas tales - turkeys, trench raids and tee shots

Christmas tales - turkeys, trench raids and tee shots

Send us Fan Mail 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 insight not only into the political history of South Africa, but also an affectionate Christmas gift sent to a soldier in 1916 who was to lose his life just sixteen days later, in tragic circumstances. Fifty-six men with the surname Christmas lost their lives in World War One...

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Trench Talk - Walking the Western Front with Briana Gervat

Trench Talk - Walking the Western Front with Briana Gervat

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this latest episode of Trench Talk! Today I sit and talk with Briana Gervat, an author and photographer who, in the aftermath of the COVID lockdown, decided to connect with...

2 Nov 20251h 9min

The rose and the thistle

The rose and the thistle

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode! In a slightly shorter episode than usual, we travel to Belgium and discover the story of two lieutenants, Lt Ronald Poulton Palmer and Lt Frederick "Tan...

19 Okt 202545min

Questions and answers - episode 1

Questions and answers - episode 1

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our first-ever questions and answers episode! In today's episode, we address questions posed by listeners and delve into a range of topics. If you have a question you'd lik...

5 Okt 20251h 12min

The Pool of Peace

The Pool of Peace

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this latest episode! Today we are in Belgium and walk the battlefield to the south of Ypres, beginning at Bedford House Cemetery and finishing at the Spanbroekmolen mine cr...

21 Sep 20251h 1min

Trench Talk - Sussex to the Somme with Martin Barry

Trench Talk - Sussex to the Somme with Martin Barry

Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode of Trench Talk, it's a pleasure to be joined by international cricketer, battlefield guide and WW1 fanatic Martin Barry. Martin works as a battlefield guide and...

31 Aug 20251h 6min

Hill 70 - a listener's request

Hill 70 - a listener's request

Send us Fan Mail 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 w...

3 Aug 20251h 1min

Trench talk - Uniforms of the Great War with Taff Gillingham

Trench talk - Uniforms of the Great War with Taff Gillingham

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first Trench Talk of the season, where Taff Gillingham joins me. Taff is a military historian and specialist historical advisor for the film, TV and theatre industries...

20 Jul 20251h 16min

Bois Grenier

Bois Grenier

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of Season 8! Today, we travel to the forgotten front and the village of Bois Grenier. The fields in this sleepy corner of agricultural France contain doze...

6 Jul 20251h 6min

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