Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Vimy
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 5
In this latest Questions & Answers bonus episode, we look at questions about the Regular Army and the 1914 Star, the Canadians in WW1 as ‘Shock Troops’, discuss the men from the Southdowns Battalions from Sussex and ask do we have enough memorials along… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 5”
Despatches: Battlefield Pilgrimages
In this latest edition of Despatches we look at the phenomena of Battlefield Pilgrimages which began almost as soon as the Great War ended and continued throughout the 1920s and 30s. What were they? What motivated people to go on a pilgrimage to the… Continue Reading “Despatches: Battlefield Pilgrimages”
Vimy Ridge In A Day
The capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps in April 1917 was one of Canada’s iconic moments in the Great War. In another of our Battlefields In A Day series we look at the wider Vimy Ridge battlefield, seeing some lesser-known locations and… Continue Reading “Vimy Ridge In A Day”
Vimy Ridge: The Crater Cemeteries
In this episode, we go ‘off the beaten track’ at Vimy Ridge and look at two unusual cemeteries on the battlefield here – Lichfield and Zivy Crater Cemeteries – where the Canadians buried their dead in some old mine craters in April 1917. WW1… Continue Reading “Vimy Ridge: The Crater Cemeteries”
The Western Front: WW1 Trench Warfare
The Great War went from a mobile war in 1914 to a static conflict with hundreds of miles of trenches across France and Flanders. How did trench warfare come about, what were the trenches that crisscrossed the battlefield and what were the differences between… Continue Reading “The Western Front: WW1 Trench Warfare”
Canadian Remembrance Tourism with Samantha Cowan
In this ‘Trench Chat’ we talk to Canadian Tour operator Samantha Cowan about battlefield tourism coming to the Great War battlefields from Canada. What inspires Canadians to come? What does Vimy mean to them? Samantha shares her years of experience with her tour company… Continue Reading “Canadian Remembrance Tourism with Samantha Cowan”
The Vimy Memorial
In this episode, we travel to Vimy Ridge in Northern France, taken by Canadian soldiers in April 1917. We walk from a series of preserved trenches and mine craters to the crest of the Ridge and look at the impressive Vimy Memorial unveiled in… Continue Reading “The Vimy Memorial”
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