Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
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Trench Chat: Veterans with Richard Van Emden
In this latest ‘Trench Chat’ we speak to military historian and author Richard Van Emden about his time interviewing veterans of the Great War, and personal photographs taken by soldiers with their own cameras on the front line. You can follow Richard Van Emden… Continue Reading “Trench Chat: Veterans with Richard Van Emden”
They Called It Passchendaele
What does Passchendaele mean to us, more than a century later? In this episode we walk an iconic battlefield of the Great War, the ground where the final phase of the Third Battle of Ypres occurred. Our walk takes us through the valley where… Continue Reading “They Called It Passchendaele”
Somme Anniversary
On the Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, this Somme Extra looks at some of the background to 1st July 1916, we take a walk from outside Albert to La Boisselle and Mash Valley, visiting Ovillers Military Cemetery. The podcast includes a recording… Continue Reading “Somme Anniversary”
Walking Ypres: Sanctuary Wood
In this episode we walk from the Menin Road, along Maple Avenue to Sanctuary Wood British Cemetery, visiting the grave of Gilbert Talbot and a private memorial to an officer killed nearby. We also see the Trench Museum at Sanctuary Wood, and finish on… Continue Reading “Walking Ypres: Sanctuary Wood”
Walking The Somme: Pals At Serre
This week we are once again back on the Somme, this time to visit the battlefield at Serre where the men from the Northern Pals battalions had their baptism of fire on 1st July 1916 – the First Day of the Battle of the… Continue Reading “Walking The Somme: Pals At Serre”
Walking Ypres: Kemmel Hill
In this episode we walk from the village of Locre (now Loker) to Kemmel Hill in Flanders. Along the way we discuss men who were Shot at Dawn, an Irish Nationalist MP Willie Redmond, life behind the lines and the importance of the high… Continue Reading “Walking Ypres: Kemmel Hill”
Walking The Somme: Mametz Wood
We return to the Somme this week and walk the ground from Dantzig Alley Cemetery to Mametz Wood, looking at the Manchester Pals, Generals killed on front line and the Welsh Volunteers who fought and died at Mametz Wood in July 1916. Our object… Continue Reading “Walking The Somme: Mametz Wood”
Verdun: Fleury to Douaumont
In this week’s episode, we step beyond the British sector of the Western Front to one of the most iconic French battlefields of the Great War – Verdun. Here we walk the ground between the ‘lost’ village of Fleury and visit the huge cemetery… Continue Reading “Verdun: Fleury to Douaumont”
Forgotten Battlefields: The Lone Tree, Loos
In this week’s episode we travel to another ‘Forgotten Battlefield’ of the Great War and walk the area around Loos, on the site where the ‘Lone Tree’ was located in 1915. Walking from Le Rutoire Farm, near the village of Vermelles, to the Lone… Continue Reading “Forgotten Battlefields: The Lone Tree, Loos”
Walking The Somme: Guillemont
In this episode we walk the Somme battlefields between Trônes Wood and the village of Guillemont. We follow the story of Noel Chavasse VC & Bar, the son of a Royal Academy artist, Raymond Asquith whose father was Prime Minister, and discover how the… Continue Reading “Walking The Somme: Guillemont”
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