Gheluvelt - for God and for Worcester
Send us Fan Mail On the 31st October 1914, men of the 2nd Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment fought one of the greatest counter attack actions in British military history, in an afternoon of brutal...
2 Maj 202141min
Trench Talk - Rory Forsyth
Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode, it's a real pleasure to sit down with the CEO and Trustee of the Western Front Way project, Rory Forsyth. The project is a charitable foundation dedicated to i...
25 Apr 202147min
The teaspoon of Talana
Send us Fan Mail On the 6th July 1915, hundreds of British soldiers left their trenches near the small Belgian village of Boesinghe in an attack against the German lines. Men from the Hampshire Regime...
18 Apr 202138min
Canada's Golgotha - the crucified soldier
Send us Fan Mail Shortly after the first German gas attack at Ypres in April 1915, rumours began circulating among the troops that the body of a Canadian soldier had been found crucified on the door o...
30 Mars 202136min
The Black Bard of Pilckem
Send us Fan Mail On the 31st July 1917, the third battle of Ypres, or the Battle of Passchendaele as it is more commonly known began. Near the small village of Boesinghe, men of the Welsh division we...
23 Mars 202132min
Woodbine Willie - the puffing Padre
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we hear the remarkable stories of two exceptional men, neither of whom fired a shot in anger during the Great War, but through selflessness, humility and bravery have ...
16 Mars 202152min
Trench talk - Michael Nugent and the Battle of Festubert
Send us Fan Mail On the evening of the 15th May 1915, men from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers left their trenches and crawled into No Mans Land in preparation for a massive attack against the German...
9 Mars 202151min
The Kaiser's Oak
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we walk the battlefield of Gommecourt, the scene of a diversionary attack on the first day of the Somme battle which saw almost 6000 men become casualties. Untried a...
2 Mars 202135min
