Trench talk - Peter Doyle and the Princess Mary Christmas Box
Send a text Welcome to our Christmas episode of Footsteps of the Fallen! In this special Trench Talk I'm joined by Professor Peter Doyle who tells us all about the history behind one of the most icon...
24 Dec 20231h 22min
Dud Corner - a journey through a cemetery
Send a text In our latest podcast, we travel to Dud Corner Cemetery and the Loos Memorial in Artois to discover the stories of some of the men who lie here. The podcast begins with an overview of the...
17 Dec 20231h 16min
Trench Talk: Jules the Poilu - in conversation with Alexandre Lyons
Send a text The discovery of a huge collection of letters, postcards and writings of his great-great-grandfather has taken Alex on a fascinating journey through the wartime experiences of his ancestor...
10 Dec 20231h 5min
The end of the line
Send a text In our latest podcast, we visit the end of the Western Front and take a whistlestop tour around the Lys battlefield near the North Sea coast of Belgium. We look at the military actions th...
26 Nov 20231h 4min
The Foresters of Flanders
Send a text During the Great War the demand for timber for the front line exceeded at one stage 50,000 tonnes a month. But where on earth could this amount of timber be sourced and who would be capab...
19 Nov 20231h 5min
Bunkers and bards - Boesinghe to Ypres
Send 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...
12 Nov 20231h 3min
The most dangerous man I ever knew.
Send a text 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 who ...
29 Okt 20231h 3min
Mazengarbe - a journey through a cemetery
Send a text 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 remin...
22 Okt 202359min
