Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: War Poets
Somme Walks: Bois Français
Recorded on the battlefields, in this episode we walk the ground where poets Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Bois Français near Fricourt and end at the Devonshire Cemetery near Mametz. FURTHER READING: BATTLEFIELD MAP: PODCAST EXTRAS:
Poets on the Somme
In this episode, we follow Great War poets Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon into the trenches near Fricourt at the ‘Bois Français’ during the months before the 1916 battle and learn about how the death of a much-beloved comrade affected them both. RECOMMENDED READING:… Continue Reading “Poets on the Somme”
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