Trench Talk - Paul Reed
Send a text In our latest episode, it's a real pleasure to be joined by military historian, podcaster, writer, and broadcaster, Paul Reed. A professional military historian for over 30 years, Paul ha...
7 Nov 20211h 18min
A tale of two cemeteries
Send a text In today's podcast, we take a walk through two small but fascinating cemeteries in Artois, La Targette British Cemetery near Neuville St Vaast, and Le Trou Aid Post located near Fleurbaix...
31 Okt 202148min
Those magnificent men - the life and death of a British airman
Send a text Of all areas of warfare that developed during the Great War, the advances in technology that accompanied the development of flight were surely the most dramatic. Our story of the Royal Fl...
24 Okt 202149min
Operation Alberich
Send a text As the sun set on the Somme battle, over 125,000 Allied soldiers lay dead on the fields of Picardy. Every inch of ground that had been gained had been paid for in blood. The Germans, bad...
17 Okt 202156min
Bernafay Wood
Send a text In our 50th podcast, we return to the Somme battlefield and look at one of the lesser-known areas of the fighting, Bernafay Wood. While there were no major battles per se, the wood itself...
3 Okt 202149min
Trench Talk - The Lone Tree of Loos with Wayne & Michelle Young
Send a text On this, the 106th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, it's an absolute pleasure to be joined by Michelle and Wayne Young, two avid battlefield visitors, who, like me, share a real passion ...
26 Sep 202146min
Caterpillar Valley
Send a text Our journey begins in the small village of Bazentin, at one of the smallest war memorials on the Western Front, that to the Nine Brave Men of the Royal Engineers, before we begin our walk ...
19 Sep 202145min
The winds of change - December 1915
Send a text The year 1915 had been a chastening experience for the men of the BEF. Tens of thousands of men had been killed on the Western Front in the failed battles at Neuve Chappelle, Aubers, Fes...
12 Sep 202138min
