Podcast Episodes

Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle

Season 9 Episode 7

In a special episode we are joined by Professor Peter Doyle who delivered this talk on Loos at a Podcast Supporters Evening for the 110th Anniversary of the battle last month.

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Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Questions and Answers Episode 38

Season 9 Episode 6

In this latest QnA episode, we tackle a fresh set of listener questions about the First World War, ranging from battlefield geography to the realities of supply and discipline at the front. We start …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunner Officer: Malcolm Vyvyan

Season 9 Episode 5

We return to the memories of WW1 veteran Malcolm Vyvyan MC, who served with 96th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery on the Western Front from 1916, and then latterly the Royal Flying Corps and Ro…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Questions and Answers Episode 37

Season 9 Episode 4

In this WW1 Q&A episode, we explore the lives and social backgrounds of British Army officers, ask whether First World War veterans hated their German enemies, and share the remarkable stories of sol…

Published on 3 months ago

Remembering the Forgotten Front

Season 9 Episode 3

What was the “Forgotten Front” of Northern France? In this episode, we explore the stretch of battlefield from Armentières on the Belgian border through La Bassée to the ground near Loos, scene of th…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Questions and Answers Episode 36

Season 9 Episode 2

In our first QnA Episode for Season 9 we look at what happened to the German forces when the guns went silent on 11th November 1918, discuss the use of poison gas and it's legacy on the battlefields …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Walking the Somme: Gommecourt

Season 9 Episode 1

In our first episode of Season 9, we walk the northern part of the Somme battlefield from Foncquevillers out to the ground before Gommecourt, and examine the attack here by the 46th (North Midland) D…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bonus Episode: The Menin Gate at Night

Season 8 Episode 35

In our third and final Bonus Episode that brings Season 8 to a close, we have a live recording from the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, recorded while out leading a battlefield tour a few weeks ago. We…

Published on 4 months ago

Bonus Episode: A Siege Battery Gunner

Season 8 Episode 34

In this second Bonus Episode to end Season 8 of the podcast we look at the subject of Great War veterans and in particular Malcolm Vyvyan who served as a Siege Battery officer in the Royal Garrison A…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Bonus Episode: A Divisional Memorial

Season 8 Episode 33

In the first of three Bonus Episodes of the podcast to end Season 8, we travel to Fricourt on the Somme and examine the journey to unveil a memorial to the 17th (Northern) Division in the church ther…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago