The Kaiser's Oak
Send a text 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 and un...
2 Mar 202135min
Plugstreet - tunnels, turnips and towers - the story of a wood
Send a text 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 (or Pl...
23 Feb 202140min
They knew they were going to die
Send a text 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 died...
18 Feb 202135min
Trench talk - Lewis Moody MBE
Send a text 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 Grea...
1 Feb 202148min
The most dangerous place on earth
Send a text 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 place on...
26 Jan 202131min
From playing field to battle field - sportsmen go to War
Send a text 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 sports...
19 Jan 202132min
The Corpsefield - part 2
Send a text Our second visit to the battlefield looks at the events of the 25/26 September 1915, where 75,000 men of the BEF advanced behind a curtain of poison gas in an attempt to break the German l...
11 Jan 202133min
The Corpsefield - part 1
Send a text In September 1915, the British launched their largest offensive of the war to date and their fourth offensive against the Germans in Artois. The location was the grim mining town of Loos,...
3 Jan 202131min
