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Forgotten Battlefields: The Indian Corps at Neuve-Chapelle
Season 1 Episode 39
Alongside a busy road in Northern France, the Star of India rises from between two weeping willows, commemorating the thousands of Indian Army soldie…
5 years, 4 months ago
Trench Chat: The Old Contemptibles with Andrew Thornton
Season 1 Episode 38
In the latest Trench Chat, we talk to historian and battlefield guide Andrew Thornton about his research on the men of the British Expeditionary Forc…
5 years, 5 months ago
Walking Ypres: Langemarck German Cemetery
Season 1 Episode 37
We return to Flanders and walk the battlefields near the village of Langemarck across to Langemarck German Cemetery, the story of which runs like a d…
5 years, 5 months ago
Remembrance: Unknown Warriors
Season 1 Episode 36
Today is Armistice Day; a century ago in 1920, the body of the Unknown Warrior was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey. What lays behind this story, ho…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Day the Guns Fell Silent: Armistice 1918
Season 1 Episode 35
As Remembrance Sunday approaches we look at the final day of the Great War on the Western Front. What happened on 11th November 1918, what brought th…
5 years, 5 months ago
Britain’s Forgotten Black Army in WW1
Season 1 Episode 34
As part of Black History Month, we look at the often forgotten story of the Black African-Caribbean men who joined the British Army during the Great …
5 years, 5 months ago
Trench Chat: Great War Huts with Taff Gillingham
Season 1 Episode 33
We're joined by Military Historian Taff Gillingham this week to talk about his amazing Great War Huts project taking place in Suffolk. We learn about…
5 years, 6 months ago
Somme: The Colonel's Field
Season 1 Episode 32
What is the story behind a place known as 'The Colonel's Field' near to the Somme village of Flers? In this episode, we link Picardy with Yorkshire a…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Silent Cities
Season 1 Episode 31
Rudyard Kipling called the cemeteries of the Great War 'Silent Cities', these vast cities of stone where the dead of that conflict lay. What is the b…
5 years, 6 months ago
Trench Chat: The Missing with John Broom
Season 1 Episode 30
In this latest Trench Chat we talk to historian and author John Broom about his new book Reported Missing in the Great War which will be published by…
5 years, 6 months ago