The most dangerous man I ever knew.
Send us Fan Mail 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...
29 Okt 20231h 3min
Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery
Send us Fan Mail 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 ...
22 Okt 202359min
Mount Sorrel
Send us Fan Mail 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 Sanctuar...
8 Okt 20231h 3min
The Nivelle Offensive
Send us Fan Mail In 1917 French general Robert Nivelle launched an offensive against the Germans on the River Aisne which he was convinced would break the Western Front once and for all. After nine d...
1 Okt 20231h 6min
Farming the front
Send us Fan Mail During the course of the Great War, the problem of feeding the vast numbers of men and animals in the military was a constant source of concern for Army command. The Army contained m...
10 Sep 20231h 1min
Le Cateau - one day in August
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we visit the battlefield of Le Cateau. In August 1914 Horace Smith-Dorrien's II Corps stood and fought when they had been ordered to retreat. This disobedience dela...
3 Sep 20231h 2min
Surrender be damned! The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge
Send us Fan Mail Between the 8-13th of May 1915, the Germans attempted to smash their way through the British lines in the Ypres salient launching an attack against the Frezenberg Ridge. The British w...
27 Aug 20231h 6min
The sculpting soldier
Send us Fan Mail Standing at Hyde Park Corner in London, the Royal Artillery Memorial has been cited by one art critic as the finest work of sculpture of the 20th Century. Its creator, Charles Sergea...
20 Aug 20231h 5min
