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. 149 – The Amritsar Massacre – Vanessa Holburn
Journalist and writer Vanessa Holburn talks about her recent book on the 1919 Amritsar Massacre. Thi…
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Ep. 148 – The First and the Last of the Sheffield City Bn – John Cornwell
John Cornwell talks about his book on the first recruit and last survivor of the 12th Battalion, Yor…
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Ep. 147 – Officer Cadet Battalions – Charles Fair
Charles Fair talks about his research into Officer Cadet Battalions during the Great War. The evolu…
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Ep. 146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White
Kathryn White, a PhD history student at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, talks about her doct…
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Ep. 145 – Stories from the Bo’ness War Memorial – Alan Gow & Robert Jardine…
Alan Gow and Robert Jardine about their book (written with Richard Hannah) on the lives and war serv…
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Ep. 144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T…
Tony T, Oral Historian and Producer from Sweet Patootee productions, talks about a historical docume…
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Ep. 143 – Veterans, Families, Museums and Mementos of the FWW – Dr Ann-Mari…
Dr Anne-Marie Foster, Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s …
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Ep. 142 – The Battle of the Somme Film – Dr Toby Haggith
Dr Toby Haggith, Senior Curator, Department of Second World War and Mid-20th Century Conflict, Imper…
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Ep. 141 – The Heugh Battery in the Great War – Diane Stephens
Diane Stephens, Manager of the Heugh Battery Museum about the battery and its role in the First Worl…
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Ep. 140 – Who Killed Kitchener? – David Laws
Former cabinet minister and MP, David Laws talks about Kitchener: his sad youth growing up in Irelan…
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Ep. 139 – Bilsdale in the Great War – Susan Laffey
Sue Laffey talks about the research she and Ida Atkinson did into the community of Bilsdale, North Y…
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Ep. 138 – The Indian Labour Corps in the First World War – Pratap Chhetri
Pratrap Chhetri’s research and interest goes beyond the statistics to take in tribal culture, memori…
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