Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Podcast Episode
Walking The Somme: A Tale of Two Dugouts
TeIn this episode we walk the battlefields of the Somme between the villages of Hebuterne and Gommecourt where men of the 56th (London) Division fought on 1st July 1916. We look at the stories of two veterans who were in two separate dugouts here… Continue Reading “Walking The Somme: A Tale of Two Dugouts”
Walking Gallipoli: W Beach
In this episode we move to Gallipoli, a battlefield in Turkey where British and Commonwealth soldiers landed on 25th April 1915. Here we visit Lancashire Landing Cemetery, walk down to W Beach and look at the story of the ‘six VCs before breakfast’. Our… Continue Reading “Walking Gallipoli: W Beach”
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”
Walking the Somme: Hawthorn Ridge
In this episode we walk the battlefields of the Somme, taking a journey from Auchonvillers up onto the Hawthorn Ridge near Beaumont-Hamel, where the fighting raged on 1st July 1916, the First Day of the Somme. We learn about a young officer, Eric Heaton,… Continue Reading “Walking the Somme: Hawthorn Ridge”
Arras Anniversary Special: Arras Veterans
In this episode, published on the 103rd Anniversary of the Battle of Arras, we talk about some of the history of the battle and remember two veterans who were there in 1917: George Butler of the Machine Gun Corps and Malcolm Vyvyan MC of… Continue Reading “Arras Anniversary Special: Arras Veterans”
Ypres Battlefield Archaeology & Essex Farm
In this episode we look at Battlefield Archaeology carried out by the Diggers near Ypres in 2001-2002, examine an original piece of recovered archaeology and visit the Advanced Dressing Station bunkers at Essex Farm, on the battlefields close to Ypres in Flanders. Podcast Episode… Continue Reading “Ypres Battlefield Archaeology & Essex Farm”
A Walk Through Pozières
In this first Episode of the Old Front Line, Military Historian Paul Reed takes you on a walk across the Somme battlefields at Pozières, the scene of heavy fighting in 1916. We visit the cemetery and memorial, and travel through the village to ‘Mucky… Continue Reading “A Walk Through Pozières”
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