Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: QnA Episode
Questions and Answers Episode 23
Our latest Questions and Answers cover the military importance of Ypres in WW1, the French Cemetery and Memorials at Notre Dame de Lorette in Northern France, weather on the landscape of the Western Front, and the role of Women in the British Army in… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 23”
Questions and Answers Episode 22
In our latest round-up of Questions and Answers we look at Memorials to non-white soldiers on the Western Front, whether ‘battle bars’ were ever planned for WW1 British and Commonwealth campaign medals, the award of the ‘Blue Max’ to German soldiers, and were ordinary… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 22”
Questions and Answers Episode 21
In our first Questions and Answers Episode of Season 8 we look at ‘quiet’ sectors of the Western Front, whether civilians got near the battlefields, discuss the ‘best’ photos of WW1 and ask if Stretcher Bearers were easy prey on the front line doing… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 21”
Questions and Answers Special: WW1 Ancestors
In this special edition we look at how trace to service men and women who fought and died in the Great War. We cover a number of questions covering different aspects of how to trace your WW1 Ancestors from many different nations, but in… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Special: WW1 Ancestors”
Questions and Answers Episode 19
Based on this weeks questions we look at the difference between Ordnance Survey and Trench maps, recommend some WW1 Channels and videos to look at on YouTube, look at how to study a particular regiment and examine souvenirs brought home by veterans. Old Front… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 19”
Questions and Answers Episode 18
This week we look at the subject of Army Pay – how were men paid, who paid them and in what currency when On Active Service? We ask why men changed their names when joining up, answer a question about the Ypres Buglers and… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 18”
Questions and Answers Episode 17
We begin at the Battle of Loos in 1915, looking at the casualty figures for the opening stage of the attack and comparing them to the Somme, we then discuss what units formed in WW1 were still part of the Army in WW2, discuss… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 17”
Questions and Answers Episode 16
In a wargraves special, we follow up on the recent episode about the new Loos British Cemetery Extension and we take some Questions relating to the work being carried out there, along with the recovery and identification of the dead from the Great War,… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 16”
Questions and Answers Episode 15
Our latest questions submitted by podcast listeners lead us to discuss what was a ‘British Warm’ and how did uniforms change during the Great War, ask if we could go back in time what would we want to see, look at the quarries that… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 15”
Questions and Answers Episode 14
In our latest selection of questions from podcast listeners we look at the circumstances of the end of the First World War on the Western Front on 11th November 1918, ask why Albert Ball VC has a private memorial over his grave in France,… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 14”
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