Wishing you goodbye - the mystery VC
Send us Fan Mail In the dark waters of the Atlantic, the German U-Boat fleet was taking a monstrous toll on Allied merchant shipping, to the extent that Admiral Jellicoe feared Britain would cease to ...
25 Jul 202143min
Monchy le Preux - the ten brave men
Send us Fan Mail On the afternoon of the 14th April 1917 men of the 1st Essex and the Newfoundland Regiment were given the unenviable task of attacking and holding Infantry Hill, just to the east of t...
18 Jul 202134min
The Kitchener conspiracy
Send us Fan Mail In June 1916, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum was on board HMS Hampshire, heading for Archangel in Russia for top-secret talks. About 1 mile from the Orkney Islands, HMS Hampshire explode...
11 Jul 202147min
From the West End to the Western Front
Send us Fan Mail Our latest episode begins in Couin military cemetery where a top hat and white gloves marks the final resting place of Edwardian theatre's greatest dandy, Basil Radford, or as he was ...
4 Jul 202137min
Thiepval - Part 2: Trench Talk with Georgia Brusby
Send us Fan Mail In this second episode about the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, it's an absolute pleasure to sit down and chat with Georgia Brusby, who served as an Intern for the Commonwealth War...
27 Jun 202153min
Thiepval - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of a two-part podcast, we visit the largest British war memorial in the world, Sir Edwin Lutyen's geometric masterpiece, the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. B...
20 Jun 202156min
The Bone Factory of Bellicourt
Send us Fan Mail On the 29th of September 1918, men from the Staffordshire Brigade successfully smashed through the German lines in the most heavily defended area of the Western Front, around the cana...
13 Jun 202136min
Who the hell is this man Livens?!
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we visit the famously preserved trenches at Sanctuary Wood near Ypres. This remarkable landscape of trenches and dugouts is a must-see for any battlefield visitor. ...
6 Jun 202131min
