Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery
Send us 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 ...
17 Des 20231h 16min
Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons
Send us 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 ances...
10 Des 20231h 5min
The end of the line
Send us 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...
26 Nov 20231h 4min
The Foresters of Flanders
Send us 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 ca...
19 Nov 20231h 5min
Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres
Send us 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 Zieg...
12 Nov 20231h 3min
The most dangerous man I ever knew.
Send us 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 w...
29 Okt 20231h 3min
Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery
Send us a text In today's episode, we visit the communal cemetery and extension at Mazengarbe on the Loos battlefield and discover the stories of some of the men who lie buried within. We begin by re...
22 Okt 202359min
Mount Sorrel
Send us a text In this episode, we travel to Flanders and look at the fighting of June 1916 for Hill 62, or Mount Sorrel as it was known. Standing on the top of the ridge today overlooking Sanctuary ...
8 Okt 20231h 3min
