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Back to SearchWalking The Somme: Guillemont Road
Season 1 Episode 9
In this episode we walk the Somme battlefields between Trônes Wood and the village of Guillemont. We follow the story of Noel Chavasse VC & Bar, the …
5 years, 11 months ago
Walking Ypres: The Messines Ridge
Season 1 Episode 8
In this episode we start in the village of Wulverghem and walk via Ration Farm, and some battlefield cemeteries, up onto the Messines Ridge. This wee…
5 years, 11 months ago
Walking The Somme: A Tale of Two Dugouts
Season 1 Episode 7
In this episode we walk the battlefields of the Somme between the villages of Hebuterne and Gommecourt where men of the 56th (London) Division fought…
5 years, 11 months ago
Walking Gallipoli: W Beach
Season 1 Episode 6
In this episode we move to Gallipoli, a battlefield in Turkey where British and Commonwealth soldiers landed on 25th April 1915. Here we visit Lancas…
6 years ago
Forgotten Battlefields: The Boar's Head 1916
Season 1 Episode 5
This week we take our first walk across one of the 'Forgotten Battlefields' of the Great War, the Boar's Head close to the village of Richebourg in N…
6 years ago
Walking the Somme: Hawthorn Ridge
Season 1 Episode 4
In this episode we walk the battlefields of the Somme, taking a journey from Auchonvillers up onto the Hawthorn Ridge near Beaumont-Hamel, where the …
6 years ago
Arras Anniversary Special: Arras Veterans
Season 1 Episode 3
In this episode, published on the 103rd Anniversary of the Battle of Arras, we talk about some of the history of the battle and remember two veterans…
6 years ago
Ypres Battlefield Archaeology & Essex Farm
Season 1 Episode 2
In this episode we look at Battlefield Archaeology carried out by the Diggers near Ypres in 2001-2002, examine an original piece of recovered archaeo…
6 years ago
A Walk Through Pozières
Season 1 Episode 1
In this first Episode of the Old Front Line, Military Historian Paul Reed takes you on a walk across the Somme battlefields at Pozières, the scene of…
6 years ago