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The Bantams of Bourlon Wood
Season 3 Episode 24
Among the dark Oak trees of Bourlon Wood, the Bantam Battalions from England, Scotland and Wales experienced their baptism of fire. Who were The Bant…
4 years ago
100th Episode: Across The Old Front Line
Season 3 Episode 23
To commemorate one hundred episodes of the podcast we take a journey along the Western Front visiting four locations from Flanders to the Somme to Ve…
4 years ago
Henry Williamson's War
Season 3 Episode 22
In this episode we look at the writer Henry Williamson, best known for his nature writing and Tarka The Otter novel, but in the 1950s he began to pub…
4 years ago
Aisne: The Old Contemptibles at Soupir
Season 3 Episode 21
We visit the small village of Soupir on the Aisne where men of the British Expeditionary Force, known as The Old Contemptibles, fought in September 1…
4 years, 1 month ago
Tommy Tucker: Food in WW1
Season 3 Episode 20
From Bully Beef to Hardtack and Plum and Apple Jam... what did the British Tommy in the trenches of the Western Front eat? How was it supplied, how g…
4 years, 1 month ago
Forgotten Front: The Cuinchy Brickstacks
Season 3 Episode 19
We return to the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France where the British operations on the Western Front took place in 1915, and there were long perio…
4 years, 1 month ago
Poets on the Somme
Season 3 Episode 18
In this episode, we follow Great War poets Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon into the trenches near Fricourt at the 'Bois Français' during the mont…
4 years, 1 month ago
Unquiet Truce: The Men Who Died on Christmas Day 1914
Season 3 Episode 17
Christmas Day in 1914 - a day we more commonly associate with a Christmas Truce between the British and Germans. Who died and where, and how many?
Si…
4 years, 2 months ago
Trench Chat: Matt Dixon from Footsteps of the Fallen Podcast
Season 3 Episode 16
In a special Trench Chat, we are joined by Matt Dixon, host of the Footsteps of the Fallen Podcast. We talk about Matt's interest in the Great War, w…
4 years, 2 months ago
Vimy Ridge: The Crater Cemeteries
Season 3 Episode 15
In this episode, we go 'off the beaten track' at Vimy Ridge and look at two unusual cemeteries on the battlefield here - Lichfield and Zivy Crater Ce…
4 years, 2 months ago