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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: QnA Episode
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”
Questions and Answers Episode 13
This week we answer questions about British Prisoners of War held in Switzerland, ask what kind of permission you need to explore the fields and woods across the landscape of the Great War, discuss if any Estaminets survive from the Great War and look… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 13”
Questions and Answers Episode 12
In this latest Question and Answer Episode we look at several questions about the changing nature of the British Army in the Great War, and its Regimental system, examine one aspect of how WW1 meets WW2 and discuss whether it is possible to trace… Continue Reading “Questions and Answers Episode 12”
Podcast Summer Special
In a special summer edition of the podcast before it returns properly in September, we walk the battlefields near Passchendaele and have an extended Question and Answer session. THE PASSCHENDAELE BATTLEFIELD WALK: Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question… Continue Reading “Podcast Summer Special”
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 10
In our tenth QnA Episode we look at subjects from Canada’s Hundred Days in 1918 to the Missing of the Great War, ask how to begun studying the First World War given all that is available now, and discuss how sickness was as much… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 10”
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 9
In our latest Questions and Answers Episode we look at the rifles carried by British soldiers in the Great War, discuss the experience of Prisoners of War, ask what kind of recycling and salvage took place, and discuss the horticulture in British and Commonwealth… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 9”
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