The Western Front Association's podcasts 'Mentioned in Dispatches' with Dr Tom Thorpe are an eclectic mix of relaxed discussions with all kinds of contributors: experts in their particular fields, authors, historians, performers, speakers, researches, museum archivists and curators which sometimes shine a light into areas of the first world war which are overlooked.
Ep.219 – The Wartime Career of Prison Reformer Alexander Paterson – Harr...
The Wartime Career of Prison Reformer Sir Alexander Paterson M.C....
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Ep. 218 - Hertfordshire residents and soldiers during the Great War - Da...
Historian Dan Hill and Paul Johnson talk about their book that looks at the stories and experienc...
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Ep. 217 - The Great War in the Argonne Forest- Richard Merry
Author Richard Merry talks about his latest book on the Great War in the Argonne Forest....
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Ep. 216 - Equipment and Clothes of the RFC – Mark Hillier
Author and pilot Mark Hillier about talks his latest book on the equipment and clothes of the RF...
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Ep. 215 - The Assam Rifles in the First World War – Pratap Chhetri
Historian Pratap Chettri who can also be heard in a recording of a webinar, talks here about his...
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Ep. 214 - The Anglo-Jewish Experience of the Great War - Dr Edward Madigan
Historian Dr Edward Madigan, Senior Lecturer in Public History, Royal Holloway, University of Lo...
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Ep. 213 - General Sir Herbert Lawrence - Dr Paul Harris
Historian Dr Paul Harris about his recent book on the life and career of General Sir Herbert Lawr...
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Ep. 212 - Lt Col John Sherwood Kelly VC - Philip Bujak
Author Philip Bujak talks about his latest book on John Sherwood Kelly DSO VC and his career and...
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Ep. 211 - Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson – Dr John Spencer
Dr John Spencer talks about his recent work on the influence and career of Field Marshal Sir Henr...
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Ep. 210 - Major General Oliver Nugent - Nicholas Perry
Historian Nick Perry about talks about his recent book on the life and Great War career of Major...
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Ep. 209 - Irish Women during the Great War - Dr Fionnuala Walsh
Dr Fionnuala Walsh, lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, talks about he...
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Ep. 208 - Kitchener. Man not Myth - Dr Anne Samson
Dr Anne Samson talks about her recent book on Field Marshal Lord Kitchener. This is published by...
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