Bonus Bitesize - Pond Farm

Bonus Bitesize - Pond Farm

Send a text In this special bonus episode, we visit the site of Pond Farm near Ypres, a non-descript farmstead between Wieltje and St Jean, that was to prove a real show-stopper for Allied infantry in both 1915 and 1917. A masterpiece of German military engineering, the concrete blockhouses, and machine gun posts took a heavy toll on the attackers. Such was the skill in construction, that the bunkers remain to this day. We look at the fighting of the London Rifle Brigade in 1915, where we l...

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The rose and the thistle

The rose and the thistle

Send a text 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 "Tanky" T...

19 Okt 202545min

Questions and answers - episode 1

Questions and answers - episode 1

Send a text 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 like ans...

5 Okt 20251h 12min

The Pool of Peace

The Pool of Peace

Send a text 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 crater,...

21 Sep 20251h 1min

Trench Talk - Sussex to the Somme with Martin Barry

Trench Talk - Sussex to the Somme with Martin Barry

Send a text 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 volu...

31 Aug 20251h 6min

Hill 70 - a listener's request

Hill 70 - a listener's request

Send 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 ...

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 a text 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 and ...

20 Jul 20251h 16min

Bois Grenier

Bois Grenier

Send a text 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 dozens of...

6 Jul 20251h 6min

Faithful unto death - the story of the Chinese Labour Corps

Faithful unto death - the story of the Chinese Labour Corps

Send a text Welcome to the final episode of Season 7! In today's episode, we look at the little-studied role played by the Chinese Labour Corps during the Great War. Over 90,000 Chinese labourers serv...

1 Jun 202559min

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