The man with the donkey
Send us a text In this episode, we take our first trip to the Gallipoli peninsula where we hear about an unlikely hero whose exploits have entered into Australian folklore. The immigrant son of a Tyn...
28 Sep 202030min
75 acres of hell - High Wood
Send us a textFor a period of two months between July and September 1916, the British and Germans fought bitterly for control of High Wood, which dominated the Bazentin ridge on the Somme. Described ...
20 Sep 202035min
An absolute waste of life - the battle of Neuve Chapelle
Send us a textIn this second episode, we head into France and look at the first British offensive of the Great War, the battle of Neuve Chapelle. A story of initial success, tempered by a lack of art...
3 Sep 202031min
Oxford Road: tanks and cricket - a journey through a cemetery
Send us a textIn this first episode, we visit Oxford Road cemetery near Ypres and hear about Clement Robinson, the first man from the tank corps to be awarded the VC and a man whose passing was descri...
22 Aug 202025min
