Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Podcast Episode
Adjutant’s Notebook: What Is A Division?
In a new Podcast Series we use the Adjutant’s Notebook to look at different aspects of First World War history. In this episode we examine the cornerstone of the British Army in the Great War – the Division. These self-contained units of nearly 20,000… Continue Reading “Adjutant’s Notebook: What Is A Division?”
The Somme In A Day
In the second in our series of Battlefields In A Day, we travel to the Somme battlefields in Northern France. The Somme was one of the defining battles of the Great War and we follow it’s story from beginning to end, seeing some of… Continue Reading “The Somme In A Day”
Above The Battlefield: WW1 Aerial Photography
During the Great War pilots took their aircraft above the battlefield not only to bomb and strafe, but to photograph the trenches of the Western Front. What do these images show us and how do they relate to the landscape we know today? RECOMMENDED… Continue Reading “Above The Battlefield: WW1 Aerial Photography”
Ypres In A Day
In this episode, the first in a series of Battlefields in a Day, we explore one of the iconic British and Commonwealth battlefields of the Great War: Ypres, in Flanders. On our tour we take in some well known and famous locations, and travel… Continue Reading “Ypres In A Day”
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”
Walking Ypres: Brandhoek
Just astride the road between Poperinghe and Ypres, the hamlet of Brandhoek was a main site for the treatment of wounded soldiers. Here women serving as Army nurses got close to the realities of war, and the war cemeteries here today remind us that… Continue Reading “Walking Ypres: Brandhoek”
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”
100th Episode: Across The Old Front Line
To commemorate one hundred episodes of the podcast we take a journey along the Western Front visiting four locations from Flanders to the Somme to Verdun to the Vosges. What does the landscape of the Great War mean to us? The Old Front Line… Continue Reading “100th Episode: Across The Old Front Line”
Aisne: The Old Contemptibles at Soupir
We visit the small village of Soupir on the Aisne where men of the British Expeditionary Force, known as The Old Contemptibles, fought in September 1914. We visit the British graves here and walk the battlefield to the Aisne heights where some of the… Continue Reading “Aisne: The Old Contemptibles at Soupir”
Tommy Tucker: Food in WW1
What did the British Tommy in the trenches of the Western Front eat? How was it supplied, how good was his food, how did it reach him, and having had a meal, how did he go to the toilet? RECOMMENDED READING: Transporting Rations Water… Continue Reading “Tommy Tucker: Food in WW1”
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