Woodbine Willie - the puffing Padre
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we hear the remarkable stories of two exceptional men, neither of whom fired a shot in anger during the Great War, but through selflessness, humility and bravery have ...
16 Mar 202152min
Trench talk - Michael Nugent and the Battle of Festubert
Send us Fan Mail On the evening of the 15th May 1915, men from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers left their trenches and crawled into No Mans Land in preparation for a massive attack against the German...
9 Mar 202151min
The Kaiser's Oak
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we walk the battlefield of Gommecourt, the scene of a diversionary attack on the first day of the Somme battle which saw almost 6000 men become casualties. Untried a...
2 Mar 202135min
Plugstreet - tunnels, turnips and towers - the story of a wood
Send us Fan Mail Just to the south of Messines, lies a patch of woodland that packs in more military history in a small space than perhaps any other location on the Western Front. Ploegsteert Wood (...
23 Feb 202140min
They knew they were going to die
Send us Fan Mail Our next episode takes in one of the most iconic and poignant spots anywhere on the Western Front, Devonshire Cemetery on the Somme. Containing 161 men of the 8th and 9th Devons who...
18 Feb 202135min
Trench talk - Lewis Moody MBE
Send us Fan Mail In this podcast episode, I have the absolute privilege of talking to England rugby player, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner, and Great War fanatic Lewis Moody MBE. Lewis's interest in the...
1 Feb 202148min
The most dangerous place on earth
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we head back to Belgium and walk the battlefield from Hellfire Corner up to the summit of Mount Sorrel on Hill 62. We look at Hellfire Corner "the most dangerous pla...
26 Jan 202131min
From playing field to battle field - sportsmen go to War
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look at the sportsmen who laid down their lives for their countries during the Great War. Prompted by such eminent voices as Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, men from all s...
19 Jan 202132min
