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Season 1 Episode 21
This weeks episode was recorded a few weeks ago whilst on the battlefields of Flanders, and in it, we visit a small cemetery in the fields near Boesi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Trench Chat: Veterans with Richard Van Emden
Season 1 Episode 20
In this latest 'Trench Chat' we speak to military historian and author Richard Van Emden about his time interviewing veterans of the Great War, and p…
5 years, 7 months ago
They Called It Passchendaele
Season 1 Episode 19
What does Passchendaele mean to us, more than a century later? In this episode, we walk an iconic battlefield of the Great War, the ground where the …
5 years, 7 months ago
Trench Chat: The Somme with Tim Thurlow
Season 1 Episode 18
For the first of our Trench Chats, we are joined by Battlefield Guide Tim Thurlow to talk about his many years of walking the Somme battlefields, dis…
5 years, 7 months ago
Somme: Newfoundland Park
Season 1 Episode 17
In this episode, we are once more on the Somme and take a visit to the Newfoundland Memorial Park at Beaumont-Hamel, a unique area of preserved First…
5 years, 7 months ago
Somme Anniversary
Season 1 Episode 16
On the Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, this Somme Extra looks at some of the background to 1st July 1916, we take a walk from outside Albert …
5 years, 7 months ago
Walking Ypres: Sanctuary Wood
Season 1 Episode 15
In this episode we walk from the Menin Road, along Maple Avenue to Sanctuary Wood British Cemetery, visiting the grave of Gilbert Talbot and a privat…
5 years, 8 months ago
Walking The Somme: Pals at Serre
Season 1 Episode 14
This week we are once again back on the Somme, this time to visit the battlefield at Serre where the men from the Northern Pals battalions had their …
5 years, 8 months ago
Walking Ypres: Kemmel Hill
Season 1 Episode 13
In this episode we walk from the village of Locre (now Loker) to Kemmel Hill in Flanders. Along the way we discuss men who were Shot at Dawn, an Iris…
5 years, 8 months ago
Walking The Somme: Mametz Wood
Season 1 Episode 12
We return to the Somme this week and walk the ground from Dantzig Alley Cemetery to Mametz Wood, looking at the Manchester Pals, Generals killed on f…
5 years, 8 months ago