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007: Spring 1983

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Divisional Memorials on the Western Front

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It all started with a conversation. Clive Harris, on one of the excellent battlefield tours run by Battle Honours was talking about Divisional Memorials, and speculated that the construction of these may have been funded by the sales of divisional histories, of which many were published in the 1920s. I thought this was an interesting point as I had…


Ep. 176 – 1 million rounds from a Vickers’ gun in 12 hours: myth or truth? Dr Rich Willis & Richard Fisher

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Dr Rich Willis and Richard Fisher, Founder and Director of the Vickers Machine Gun Research Association, talk about their research into the legend that ten guns of the 100th Machine Gun Company in August 1916 fired off 1,000,000 rounds in a twelve-hour period throughout fighting at High Wood during the Battle of the Somme. …


Ep. 236 – The 47th Division at High Wood, 1916 – Richard Hendry

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Independent scholar Richard Hendry talks about his research into the 47th Division at High Wood during the Battle of the Somme in Sept 1916.

Battle of Flers–Courcelette. "C" Company Mark I tank, C.19 'Clan Leslie', in the Chimpanzee Valley on 15 September 1916, the day tanks first went into action.Photograph by Lieut. John Warwick Brooke © IWM Q 5574