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. 164 – The First Gurkha Officer – Pratap Chhetri
Pratap Chhetri talks about his research into Rana Jodha Jung Bahadur, the first Gurkha officer in...
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Ep. 163 – Tom Barry – British First World War soldier to IRA leader – Ge...
Gerry White, Chairman of the Cork branch of The Western Front Association, talks about his resear...
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Ep. 162 – Combat, identity and power in the Indian Army during the First...
Kate Imy, Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas, talks about her recent...
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Ep. 161 – Civilian Internment in the First World War – Prof Matthew Stibbe
Professor Matthew Stibbe, Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University abo...
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Ep. 160 – The 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in FWW – Nigel Atter
Historian Nigel Atter talks about his book on the Great War service of the 2nd Battalion, Leicest...
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Ep. 159 – The 2nd Inniskillings at Festubert, 1915 – Michael Nugent
Michael Nugent talks about his recent book into the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers a...
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Ep. 158 - The German Zeppelin Offensive and Propaganda – David Marks
David Marks talks about his recent book on the German Zeppelin Offensive as documented in propaga...
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Ep. 157 – Responses of Irish Jesuits to the end of the First World War –...
Damien Burke, archivist at the Irish Jesuit Archives, talks about his research into the responses...
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Ep. 156 – The Indian Army in the Great War – Dr Adam Prime
Dr Adam Prime, lecturer in the Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford, ta...
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Ep. 155 – Zeppelin Nights : London in the First World War – Prof. Jerry...
Professor Jerry White, Professor in History at Birkbeck, University of London, talks about his so...
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Ep. 154 – Rugbeians at War – Dan Mclean
Author Dan Mclean talks about his book on Rugbeians in the Great War, published by Pen and Sword....
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Ep. 153 – The 66th (East Lancs) Division During the German Spring Offens...
David Martin talks about his recent book on the 66th Division (East Lancs) during the German Spri...
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