Podcasts

The Western Front Association's podcasts 'Mentioned in Dispatches' 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.

Holding Out
11 September 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Tony Cowan

Ep.314 – The German Army in 1917

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Anzac Labour
4 September 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Nathan Wise

Ep.313 - Anzac Labour Day

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Great War Barcomber
7 August 2023
Podcast Guest: Ian Hilder

Ep.312 – Barcombe in the Great War

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311
31 July 2023
Podcast Guest: Peter Welsh

Ep.311 – The Third Earl of Durham in the Great War

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International Jewish Relief Work In The First World War
24 July 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Jaclyn Granick

Ep.310 – International Jewish relief work in the First World War – Dr Jaclyn Granick

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Dr Sofya Anisimova
17 July 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Sofya Anisimova

Ep.309 – Russian military strategy in the First World War

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Caroline Tarode
10 July 2023
Podcast Guest: Caroline Torode

Ep.308 – Teachers from Victoria, Australian in the First World War

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307
3 July 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Jenny Macleod

Ep.307 – The 1922 Chanak Crisis and the legacy of the First World War

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Lambton Ladies In The First World War
26 June 2023
Podcast Guest: Peter Welsh

Ep.306 – Lambton Ladies in the First World War: Katherine, Eleanor, Beatrix and Anne

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Women Doctors On The Eastern And Western Fronts – Dr Ann Robertson
19 June 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Ann Robertson

Ep.305 – Women doctors on the Eastern and Western Fronts

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Indian Army In First World War
12 June 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Alan Jeffreys

Ep.304 – The Indian Army in the First World War

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Army Vetinary Corps
5 June 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Jane Flynn

Ep.303 – The Remount Service and the Army Veterinary Corps during The Great War

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The Role Of Birds In WW1
29 May 2023
Podcast Guest: Nicholas Milton

Ep.302 – The role of birds in the First World War

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Elsie And Mairi
22 May 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Diane Atkinson

Ep.301 – Elsie and Mairi Go to War

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GW Scholarship
15 May 2023
Podcast Guest: Prof John Borne, Dr Jonathan Boff, Dr Alex Mayhew

Ep.300 – The state of Great War scholarship

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Queens Westminster Rifles Badge
8 May 2023
Podcast Guest: Steve Hammond

Ep.299 – Queen’s Westminster Rifles in the First World War

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A Ukranian Chapter
1 May 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Michael Nutkiewicz

Ep.298 – A Jewish Aid Worker in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920

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Dying To Learn
24 April 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Mike Hunzeker

Ep.297 – Organisational learning on the Western Front

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Heroism In Literature During FWW – Dr Ann Marie Einhaus
17 April 2023
Podcast Guest: Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus

Ep.296 – Heroism in literature during FWW

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The Birth Of The RAF – Prof. Richard Overy
10 April 2023
Podcast Guest: Prof. Richard Overy

Ep.295 – The birth of the RAF

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