WW1 at Home: Mells, Somerset

With the Great War battlefields still seeming far away, this week we travel to a picturesque church in Somerset to look at memorials to men bound together by family, sacrifice and duty, and in the churchyard discover the grave of one of the major Great War poets: Siegfried Sassoon.

8 Comments on “WW1 at Home: Mells, Somerset”

thescribblerdotbiz
October 9, 2021

Another fascinating talk, and from a different perspective. I decided to drive up to Mells as it’s not far. I spent a happy hour listening to the podcast sitting on a bench in the church yard. Then literally followed in your footsteps. I confess to stopping at war memorials wherever I go, and the one in Mells is well worth the visit. Thanks, Paul.

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- oldfrontline
  October 9, 2021
  
  Wow! That’s fantastic to read! I’m so glad you went there!
  
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N Cherry
October 11, 2021

Excellent a different view of things and what a nice memorial at Mells…keep up the good work and see you on the Battlefields!

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- oldfrontline
  October 11, 2021
  
  Thanks, Niall.
  
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Clive Fairclough
October 18, 2021

Thank you so much for a beautiful podcast – so moving and hugely appropriate as we approach Remembrance .

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- oldfrontline
  October 24, 2021
  
  Thanks so much, Clive – and thanks for allowing me to record it at the church.
  
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Stephen Hunt
October 21, 2021

Another great podcast and thank you for the thank you. Mells Church seems definitely worth a visit when I’m next in the south west. Pity about the Eric Gill connection, although mentioning him was a necessary evil I suppose.

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- oldfrontline
  October 22, 2021
  
  Thanks, Stephen.
  
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