The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes overlooked
![Ep. 188 – Military Identities of British conscripts – Joshua Bilton](/media/13443/ep-188-conscription.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446144700000)
Ep. 188 – Military Identities of British conscripts – Joshua Bilton
Doctoral candidate Joshua Bilton talks about his research into the military identities of British...
Read More![Ep. 187 – The Police during the First World War – Dr Mary Fraser](/media/13444/ep-187-ey8rb3wwkaana3l.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446149700000)
Ep. 187 – The Police during the First World War – Dr Mary Fraser
Social historian Dr Mary Fraser, talks about her research into police and policing in Britain dur...
Read More![Ep. 186 – Folkestone Harbour in the First World War – Peter Anderson](/media/13445/ep-186-folkestone_harbour_signal_box_with_black_bunting.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446158600000)
Ep. 186 – Folkestone Harbour in the First World War – Peter Anderson
Peter Anderson talks about the role of Folkestone Harbour during the Great War....
Read More![Ep. 185 – Anzacs on the Western Front – Dr Meleah Hampton](/media/13446/ep-185-61d41do0dl_sx330_bo1204203200_.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446161400000)
Ep. 185 – Anzacs on the Western Front – Dr Meleah Hampton
Historian and author Dr Meleah Hampton, a historian in the Military History Section at the Austra...
Read More![Ep. 184 – Irish Servicewomen during the First World War – Dr Barbara Walsh](/media/13447/ep-184-19272.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446165170000)
Ep. 184 – Irish Servicewomen during the First World War – Dr Barbara Walsh
Historian Dr Barbara Walsh about her recent book on Irish servicewomen during the Great War. This...
Read More![Ep. 183 – The Unknown Story of the Unknown Warrior – David Scott](/media/13448/ep-183-81eotcmcp5l.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446173600000)
Ep. 183 – The Unknown Story of the Unknown Warrior – David Scott
Mark Scott talks about his new book, Among the Kings, that gives a new story on the Unknown Warri...
Read More![Ep. 182 – Indian Empire at War – George Morton Jack](/media/13449/ep-182-71sqjfnq0il.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446178600000)
Ep. 182 – Indian Empire at War – George Morton Jack
Historian George Morton Jack talks about his recent book on India and the Great War, entitled The...
Read More![Ep. 181 – The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 – Dr David Murphy](/media/13459/104609.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531930027100000)
Ep. 181 – The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 – Dr David Murphy
Author Dr David Murphy, a lecturer in military history and strategic studies at Maynooth Universi...
Read More![Ep. 180 – 9th Royal Scots in the First World War – Neill Gilhooley](/media/13451/ep-180-9rs.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446182370000)
Ep. 180 – 9th Royal Scots in the First World War – Neill Gilhooley
Author Neill Gilhooley talks about his recent book on the service of the 9th Battalion, Royal Sco...
Read More![Ep. 179 – German POWs on Cannock Chase – Richard Pursehouse](/media/13452/ep-179-518viqa4pjl_sy291_bo1204203200_ql40_ml2_.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132531446183930000)
Ep. 179 – German POWs on Cannock Chase – Richard Pursehouse
Richard Pursehouse talks about on his recent book on German POWs held at Brocton Camp on Cannock...
Read More![Ep. 178 – Irish Recruitment in World War One – Dr Tim Bowman, Dr Michael Wheatley & Dr William Butler](/media/32111/irish-recruitment-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133143565450870000)
Ep. 178 – Irish Recruitment in World War One – Dr Tim Bowman, Dr Michael...
Dr Timothy Bowman, a Reader in modern British military history, University of Kent, Dr William Bu...
Read More![Ep. 177 – Law and War in Australia during the First World War – Dr Catherine Bond](/media/34690/screenshot-2023-09-29-at-103029.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133404571358170000)
Ep. 177 – Law and War in Australia during the First World War – Dr Cathe...
Lawyer and lecturer Dr Catherine Bond, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales,...
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