Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: WW1 Cemeteries
Beyond The Somme
The Great War on the Western Front was much more than Flanders and the Somme, and the experience of British and Commonwealth soldiers. When we travel ‘Beyond the Somme’ – what does that mean, and what do we find on these battlefields where soldiers… Continue Reading “Beyond The Somme”
Battlefield Vlog: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
In our final battlefield walk at Ypres around Bellewaarde Ridge, Hooge and Hill 62, we visit Sanctuary Wood British Cemetery, in the heart of the fighting in this sector in 1915/16. We discuss the story of Gilbert Talbot and look at the private memorial… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery”
Battlefield Vlog: Etaples Military Cemetery
In this latest Battlefield Vlog we visit Etaples Military Cemetery on the French coast in Northern France, where 11,000 burials make it the largest British and Commonwealth Cemetery in France. These were men who did not die on the battlefield, but in hospital behind… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Etaples Military Cemetery”
Battlefield Vlog: Hooge Crater Cemetery
In this third video where we walk the battlefields near Ypres in Flanders, we visit Hooge Crater Cemetery.. With over 6,000 graves, we look at the burial of the dead, the concentration of margraves after the conflict and what it meant to families to… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Hooge Crater Cemetery”
Despatches: Tales of Tyne Cot
In our first podcast of 2024 we return to Flanders to look at some of the history behind the original burials at Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ypres, the largest British and Commonwealth cemetery from either World War. Was there really once an Advanced Dressing… Continue Reading “Despatches: Tales of Tyne Cot”
Despatches: Cemetery in the Sand Dunes
Despatches goes on the road, and this episode was recorded on location in Flanders. We visit Coxyde Military Cemetery, a British and Commonwealth cemetery from when these troops held the line on the top end of the Western Front in 1917. What do we… Continue Reading “Despatches: Cemetery in the Sand Dunes”
Flanders: The CCS Cemeteries
Bandaghem, Dozinghem and Mendinghem were three made-up names for British Casualty Clearing Stations locations in Flanders, reflecting their use for the wounded: Bandaging Them, Dosing Them Up and Mending Them! What was the story of these important medical facilities and what stories of the… Continue Reading “Flanders: The CCS Cemeteries”
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest US War Cemetery in Europe with over 14,000 graves. We walk the battlefields here from Cunel to the cemetery, and down into Romagne village to visit an amazing private museum. Along the way we discuss the history… Continue Reading “Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery”
Walking Arras: Hénin Hill
On a hill above the village of Hénin, close to Arras, stood a wooden cross remembering soldiers who fell there in 1917. Preserved in Beverley Minster in Yorkshire, what happened to this memorial and what can we find of the men who fought here… Continue Reading “Walking Arras: Hénin Hill”
First Day Of The Somme
On the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we take a virtual walk along all eighteen miles of the Somme front from Gommecourt to Montauban, connecting to the landscape and discovering the stories of those who fought and fell on 1st July 1916:… Continue Reading “First Day Of The Somme”
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