Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Forgotten Front
Remembering the Forgotten Front
What was the “Forgotten Front” of Northern France? In this episode, we explore the stretch of battlefield from Armentières on the Belgian border through La Bassée to the ground near Loos, scene of the Big Push of September 1915: fought 110 years ago this weekend. We uncover… Continue Reading “Remembering the Forgotten Front”
Loos: A New WW1 Cemetery
We take the podcast across to Northern France and visit Loos British Cemetery on the battlefields of 1915, seeing the new Extension that has been constructed here, looking at the initial burials and asking how this brand new cemetery might develop over the coming… Continue Reading “Loos: A New WW1 Cemetery”
Return to Richebourg
In an episode recorded live on the battlefields, we travel to Northern France and follow the Southdowns Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment from behind the lines to their attack at The Boar’s Head near Richebourg. We also visit the graves of the fallen… Continue Reading “Return to Richebourg”
The War Underground
The War Underground in many ways defined the static nature of the First World War on the Western Front. We examine the history of military mining, discover Sir John Norton Griffiths and his attempt to recruit 10,000 “moles” to work beneath No Man’s Land,… Continue Reading “The War Underground”
Loos 1915 in a Day
In this episode, we feature another Battlefield In A Day and visit the area around the Northern French coal-mining village of Loos-en-Gohelle where the Battle of Loos was fought in September-October 1915. Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old Front Line Bulletin. You… Continue Reading “Loos 1915 in a Day”
Forgotten Front: Cuinchy Brickstacks
We return to the ‘Forgotten Front’ in Northern France where the British operations on the Western Front took place in 1915, and there were long periods of static trench warfare. Here we visit the site of the Cuinchy ‘Brickstacks’ – huge stacks of undelivered… Continue Reading “Forgotten Front: Cuinchy Brickstacks”
Unquiet Truce: The Men Who Died on Christmas Day 1914
In this episode of the podcast we look at the British and Commonwealth servicemen who died on Christmas Day in 1914 – a day we more commonly associate with a Christmas Truce between the British and Germans. Who died and where, and how many?… Continue Reading “Unquiet Truce: The Men Who Died on Christmas Day 1914”
Forgotten Battlefields: The Boar’s Head 1916
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 Northern France. Here we discover the story of the Southdown’s Battalions, or Lowther’s Lambs, and uncover what… Continue Reading “Forgotten Battlefields: The Boar’s Head 1916”
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