The most dangerous man I ever knew.

The most dangerous man I ever knew.

Send a text Our latest podcast begins at the Guards Grave in the Retz Forest near the village of Villers Cotteret on the Aisne battlefield. It contains the graves of 98 men of the Guards Brigade who fought one of the most remarkable rear-guard actions of the Great War near this spot on the 1st of September 1914. We meet the eccentric and dangerous-to-know Irish Guards officer Lt Aubrey Herbert. A loose cannon with a volcanic temper, Herbert was almost blind, but despite th...

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Cobbers - Australia on the Somme

Cobbers - Australia on the Somme

Send a text Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! In this episode, we visit the battlefields around Villers Brettoneux on the Somme, an area of Picardy that will be forever associated with the Austra...

7 Jan 20241h 11min

Trench talk - Peter Doyle and the Princess Mary Christmas Box

Trench talk - Peter Doyle and the Princess Mary Christmas Box

Send a text Welcome to our Christmas episode of Footsteps of the Fallen! In this special Trench Talk I'm joined by Professor Peter Doyle who tells us all about the history behind one of the most icon...

24 Des 20231h 22min

Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery

Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery

Send a text In our latest podcast, we travel to Dud Corner Cemetery and the Loos Memorial in Artois to discover the stories of some of the men who lie here. The podcast begins with an overview of the...

17 Des 20231h 16min

Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons

Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons

Send a text The discovery of a huge collection of letters, postcards and writings of his great-great-grandfather has taken Alex on a fascinating journey through the wartime experiences of his ancestor...

10 Des 20231h 5min

The end of the line

The end of the line

Send a text In our latest podcast, we visit the end of the Western Front and take a whistlestop tour around the Lys battlefield near the North Sea coast of Belgium. We look at the military actions th...

26 Nov 20231h 4min

The Foresters of Flanders

The Foresters of Flanders

Send a text During the Great War the demand for timber for the front line exceeded at one stage 50,000 tonnes a month. But where on earth could this amount of timber be sourced and who would be capab...

19 Nov 20231h 5min

Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

Send a text In today's episode, we travel the Ypres salient from Boesinghe to Ypres and visit some of the many cemeteries and memorials that dot this part of the battlefield. We begin at the Ziegler...

12 Nov 20231h 3min

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