Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres

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 Ziegler Bunker and one of the finest bunkers left on the Western Front before continuing to a roadside memorial bedecked with the tricolor of Ireland, and hear the sad tale of one of Ireland's finest poets. Our journey continues taking in demarcation stones and memorials before we had back towa...

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Liquid fire

Liquid fire

Send us a text In the early hours of the 30th July 1915, men of the Rifle Brigade and Kings Royal Rifle Corps were attacked near Hooge by German soldiers using a new and appalling weapon of war - liqu...

24 Nov 20241h 8min

He is not missing, he is here.

He is not missing, he is here.

Send us a text Welcome to this latest episode, in which we explore the history behind one of the world's great monuments, the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in the Belgian city of Ypres. We hear ...

27 Okt 20241h 8min

I can't say my prayers on a stolen carpet..

I can't say my prayers on a stolen carpet..

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode! In today's episode, we look at the role played by Army Chaplains during the Great War. Responsible for the spiritual and personal welfare of soldiers, th...

13 Okt 20241h 19min

The black lions of Cantigny

The black lions of Cantigny

Send us a text Welcome to this latest podcast, in which we travel to the southern part of the Somme battlefield, a shell-cratered morass on which the men of Canada, Australia and France died in their ...

29 Sep 20241h 13min

A potato and a propellor - Amiens at war

A potato and a propellor - Amiens at war

Send us a text In today's podcast, we journey through Amiens and its surrounding areas, uncovering the deep connections to the Great War. We start in the village of Naours, exploring caves that hold a...

8 Sep 20241h 12min

Here we fight, and here we die!

Here we fight, and here we die!

Send us a text In this latest episode, we answer a couple of listener questions and then tour the battlefield near St. Quentin. We hear the story of the tragic death of two British soldiers shot for ...

25 Aug 20241h 3min

The black day of the German army

The black day of the German army

Send us a text In this episode we look at the Kaiserschlact, or Kaiser's Battle which was launched by the Germans in March 1918, a final roll of the dice to win the war before American superiority in ...

11 Aug 20241h 4min

All roads lead to Ypres

All roads lead to Ypres

Send us a text Why do we always do the same thing? This question was posed during a work call last week, and it got me thinking about travelling around the battlefields and why I always seem to take t...

28 Juli 20241h 5min

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