Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Hindenburg Line
The MOD War Detectives
In a Trench Chat special we speak to the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorations team – otherwise known as ‘The MOD War Detectives’ – who work to recover and identify the dead on the former battlefields of the Great War. Thanks to the… Continue Reading “The MOD War Detectives”
Walking Cambrai: Gouzeaucourt 1917
We visit the Hindenburg Line battlefields of 1917 where the Battle of Cambrai was fought. We see the battlefield around Metz-en-Couture, visit the cemetery here and grave of Patrick Shaw-Stewart, and then walk down in Gouzeaucourt seeing a rare British bunker from WW1 and… Continue Reading “Walking Cambrai: Gouzeaucourt 1917”
Walking Arras: Hénin Hill
On a hill above the village of Hénin, close to Arras, stood a wooden cross remembering soldiers who fell there in 1917. Preserved in Beverley Minster in Yorkshire, what happened to this memorial and what can we find of the men who fought here… Continue Reading “Walking Arras: Hénin Hill”
The Hindenburg Line
In this episode we ask: what was The Hindenburg Line? A system of German defences built in Northern and Eastern France, it was the largest single engineering project of the Great War on the Western Front. Some of the key battles of 1917/18 were… Continue Reading “The Hindenburg Line”
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”
Walking Arras: Feuchy Chapel
Astride the Arras-Cambrai road a small wayside memorial commemorates a missing British officer. Out in the fields small Comrade’s Cemeteries act like beacons to the fighting here in April 1917. What took place on this ground around Arras, near to Feuchy Chapel? RECOMMENDED READING:… Continue Reading “Walking Arras: Feuchy Chapel”
The Bantams of Bourlon Wood
Among the dark Oak trees of Bourlon Wood, the Bantam Battalions from England, Scotland and Wales experienced their baptism of fire. Who were The Bantams, and did all roads lead to Bourlon Wood in November 1917? Sign up for the free podcast newsletter here: Old… Continue Reading “The Bantams of Bourlon Wood”
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