Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Behind The Lines
West of Arras: Behind The Lines
We travel to the area Behind the Lines of West of Arras, visiting cemeteries where Casualty Clearing Stations were moved back to in 1918, discuss a small village where WW1 meets WW2, discover some original Great War graffiti on a farm building wall and… Continue Reading “West of Arras: Behind The Lines”
Walking the Somme: Mailly-Maillet
We begin Season 8 back on the Somme Battlefields of 1916 and walk the ground around the village of Mailly-Maillet, located just behind the British trenches in front of Beaumont-Hamel and Serre and later much closer to the fighting in 1918. We visit cemeteries,… Continue Reading “Walking the Somme: Mailly-Maillet”
Etaples to Arras: A Journey
In a special edition of the podcast which marks the end of Season 6, this episode was recorded on The Old Front Line where we take a journey from the vast Etaples Military Cemetery, look at the Tank Gunnery School at Merriment, Douglas Haig… Continue Reading “Etaples to Arras: A Journey”
Despatches: War Damage Postcards
In this episode we look at so-called ‘War Damage Postcards’ published during the conflict and which depicts the smashed villages, towns and cities, and indeed landscapes of the Western Front. We ask what these postcards tell us about the conflict and the battlefields of… Continue Reading “Despatches: War Damage Postcards”
Battlefield Vlog: Etaples Military Cemetery
In this latest Battlefield Vlog we visit Etaples Military Cemetery on the French coast in Northern France, where 11,000 burials make it the largest British and Commonwealth Cemetery in France. These were men who did not die on the battlefield, but in hospital behind… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Etaples Military Cemetery”
Letters From The Trenches
A staggering 12 million letters a week were going to and from the Western Front during the Great War. What was the history of the Royal Engineers Postal Section, how did letters and parcels get to troops in the front line, and how did… Continue Reading “Letters From The Trenches”
Remembrance: Five Little-Known Cemeteries of the Great War
In this episode we travel along The Old Front Line in France and Flanders to visit five lesser-known war cemeteries from different nations where the dead of the Great War lie, some with only a handful of graves and others with thousands of burials.… Continue Reading “Remembrance: Five Little-Known Cemeteries of the Great War”
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