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. 121 – Communications and British Operations on the Western Front – D...
Dr Brian Hall, Programme Leader at the University of Salford, talks about his book on communicati...
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Ep. 120 – Popular Responses to the Outbreak of WW1 – Prof Catriona Pennell
Prof Catriona Pennell, from the University of Exeter, talks about her book on the popular respons...
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Ep. 119 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Wenlan Peng
Wenlan Peng, from the Meridian Society, talks about the Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front...
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Ep. 118 – British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1...
Dr Chris Kempshall, Teaching Fellow in European History at the University of Sussex, talks about...
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Ep. 117 – Post War Mutinies in the British Army – Dr William Butler
Dr William Butler, Outreach Officer and Associate Lecturer at the University of Kent, talks about...
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Ep. 116 – The Connaught Rangers Mutiny in 1920 – Dr Mario Draper
Dr Mario Draper, Lecturer in Modern British and European History at the University of Kent, discu...
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Ep. 115 – English infantryman’s morale and the perception of crisis on t...
Dr Alex Mayhew discusses his PhD that looked at the English infantryman’s morale and perception o...
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Ep. 114 – Chaplains and religion on the Western Front – Dr Martin Purdy
Dr Martin Purdy talks about chaplains and religion on the Western Front during the Great War....
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Ep. 113 – The Ulster Division during the German Spring Offensive – Micha...
Michael Nugent talks about his book on the 36th Ulster Division during the German 1918 Spring Off...
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Ep. 112 – Humour in British literature during the Great War – Dr Emily A...
Dr Emily Anderson, from Newcastle University, talks about her PhD research into humour in British...
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Ep. 111 – L/Cpl Wijnand 'Vic' Hamman, 2nd South African Regt – Emile Coe...
Emile Coetzee, from North West University in South Africa, talks about L/Cpl Wijnand 'Vic' Hamman...
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Ep. 110 – British Territorials in India – Prof Peter Stanley
Prof. Peter Stanley, from the University of New South Wales, talks about his latest book on Briti...
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