Five Little-Known WW1 Memorials

In this episode we explore five little-known memorials along the Western Front battlefields in France and Flanders, looking at how different nations commemorated the battles of the Great War, and what they chose to remember.

9 Comments on “Five Little-Known WW1 Memorials”

Matt Weston
December 10, 2022

Thanks for another great episode Paul. Sorry I couldn’t make the last Zoom evening but I did get round to watching the Diggers documentary which was very enjoyable. Congratulations on the Spotify figures too!

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- oldfrontline
  December 10, 2022
  
  Thanks, Matt. Hope you can make the next one!
  
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N Cherry
December 10, 2022

Nice one excellent work as usual…I will send you a message about Nieuport and the Northants…..

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- oldfrontline
  December 10, 2022
  
  Thanks, Niall.
  
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Phil Andrews
December 10, 2022

Excellent as always, Paul. I really like Charles Sargeant Jagger’s work; as a sculptor he had a style all his own and I prefer his smaller work such as the Nieuport lions or the machine gunners in Portsmouth to the larger pieces like the RA memorial. There’s a very good bronze by him just outside a hotel in Manchester, which I’m sure you’ve seen. Thanks once more!

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- oldfrontline
  December 10, 2022
  
  Thank you, Phil. I agree with the smaller pieces although I’m always in awe of the Gunners memorial.
  
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  - Phil Andrews
    December 10, 2022
    
    Don’t know if you’re a member of English Heritage, but they recently had a podcast on the most poignant war memorials in London. It’s available on Spotify at
    https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kpoIsSdK3Hii4am5U004K and covers the Cenotaph, Haig, Anglo-Belgian, Edith Cavell, Machine Gun Corps and the RA. I found the last 2 very interesting, but the background to the design of the MGC memorial is particularly informative, and something I had never realised. It’s all well worth a listen.
    
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  - oldfrontline
    December 10, 2022
    
    Thanks, will have a listen!
    
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Stephen Hunt
December 18, 2022

Another great podcast covering the less well known battles of the Great War, especially the French and US battles. I must admit that I have never really “got” the battle of the Marne. It seems a large somewhat vague battle of manoeuvre to me. However, your account of French 75s blasting away over open sights at loopholed buildings made it a bit more “accessible” to me! The story of the Gartside-Tippings was very sad. Ironically Mary is named on my local war memorial in Southport town centre. Apparently, her father died when she was 7 and her mother remarried the House Surgeon at Southport Hospital.

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