Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: QnA Episode
Questions and Answers Episode 27
Our questions and answers in this episode look at what happened to trench systems when they met a road, was the Battle of the Somme a victory, how France remembers the Great War, and the role of the Army Service Corps in the conflict.… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 27”
Questions and Answers Episode 26
This week we discuss the background to the names British soldiers gave their German counterparts – names like Fritz and Bosch – we examine the role Portugal had on the Western Front and discuss where they are memorialised, look out how modern development has… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 26”
Questions and Answers Episode 25
In this episode we cover subjects from how the British and Commonwealth soldier named the ‘Battle of the Somme’ in 1916 to how Irish soldiers on the front line in France thought about the Easter Rising in Dublin in April 1916, to the flooding… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 25”
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”
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