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.193 - Belgian Refugees in Glasgow during the Great War - Kieran Taylor
PhD candidate Kieran Taylor, studying at the University of Stirling, talks about his research int...
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Ep.192 – ‘The Fighting Irish’ – The US 69th Infantry Regiment in WW1- St...
A student at Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Stephen L. Harris started his career as a jo...
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Ep. 191 - The German Occupation of France in the First World War – Dr Ja...
Dr James Connolly is the Associate Professor SELCS Faculty of Arts & Humanities, University C...
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Ep. 190 - Sir John Monash – Dr Aaron Pegram
Dr Aaron Pegram of the Australian War Memorial, developed his interest in the First World War ini...
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Ep. 189 - The Rehabilitation and Treatment of Limbless Veterans - Louise...
Louise Bell is an independent researcher specialising in the history of prosthetics, with particu...
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Ep. 188 – Military Identities of British conscripts – Joshua Bilton
Doctoral candidate Joshua Bilton talks about his research into the military identities of British...
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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...
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Ep. 186 – Folkestone Harbour in the First World War – Peter Anderson
Peter Anderson talks about the role of Folkestone Harbour during the Great War....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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