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. 128 – Serbia in the Great War – Dr Samuel Foster
Dr Samuel Foster, Visiting Academic in the School of History, University of East Anglia, talks ab...
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Ep. 127 – The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion – Emile Coetzee
Emile Coetzee, from North West University in South Africa, talks about the 1914 Afrikaner Rebelli...
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Ep. 126 – The First World War in Computer Games – Dr Chris Kempshall
In this fascinating podcast Dr Chris Kempshall shares two of his enthusiasms: history and compute...
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Ep. 125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia
Antonio Garcia talks about his recent book on the South African campaign against German South Wes...
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Ep. 124 – Archibald Wavell – William Franklin
William Franklin talks about the First World War career of Archibald Wavell....
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Ep. 123 – British veterans’ responses to Peace Day, 19 July 1919 – Mike...
Mike Hally, PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, discusses his research into veterans’ r...
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Ep. 122 – The Welsh Walter Mitty – Marietta Crichton Stuart
Marietta Crichton Stuart talks about Percy Shuttlewood who served in her grandfather’s battalion...
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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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