Miracle on the Marne
Send us Fan Mail For a period of 8 days in early September 1914, the situation for the Allies was precarious. The Germans were just two days march from the French capital, and the situation looked des...
22 Aug 202149min
The corpse collectors
Send us Fan Mail The "Cold Meat Specialist" or Regimental Burial Officer was a vital cog in the military machine responsible for coordinating the retrieval and burial of the dead and ensuring that the...
15 Aug 202153min
Guillemont - the worst place I fought at in four years of war
Send us Fan Mail For a period of six weeks in the summer of 1916, the British and Germans battled for control of the small but strategically important village of Guillemont.. The capture of the villa...
8 Aug 202151min
Jacka's Mob
Send us Fan Mail The 14th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces was known as "Jacka's Mob" after their officer, the profane, insubordinate, and much-loved larrikin Albert Jacka, a dairy farmer'...
1 Aug 202140min
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
