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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. 92 – Public School Great War Memorials – Sarah Wearne

School archivist Sarah Wearne talks about her new book that looks at Great War memorials in publi...

Ep. 91 – The Morale of the Italian Army in the First World War – Dr Vand...

Historian Dr Vanda Wilcox, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at John Cabot University, talks...

Ep. 90 – The Portuguese Expeditionary Force in the First World War – Mi...

Portuguese Army officer Miguel Freire talks about the role of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force...

Ep. 89 – Civilian Volunteers during WW1 – Dr Sally White

Dr Sally White talks about her new book Ordinary Heroes on civilian volunteers during the Great W...

Ep. 88 – The 10th (Irish) Division – Dr Stephen Sandford

Historian Dr. Stephen Sandford talks about his 2014 book, Neither Unionist Nor Nationalist, about...

Ep. 87 – Conscientious Objectors in WW1 – Gerry Barton

Gerry Barton talks about his new book, jointly written with John Babb, on conscientious objectors...

Ep. 86 – Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-23 – Prof. Richard Grayson

Professor Richard Grayson, Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of Lo...

Ep. 85 – Women of Aktion – female activists in the German 1918 Revolutio...

Professor Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History at the University of Leed...

Ep. 84 – The British Army on the Western Front in 1916 – Dr Spencer Jones

Scholar and author Dr Spencer Jones from the University of Wolverhampton talks about his new book...

Ep. 83 – Wilfred Owen – Dr Kate Kennedy

Scholar and author Dr Kate Kennedy, from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW), based at Wolf...

Ep. 82a – Extra Episode – The Capture of the Riqueval Bridge – Jim Tanner

Former Brigadier Jim Tanner, current Chairman of Trustees at the Staffordshire Regimental Museum,...

Ep. 82 – Force Feeding in the First World War – Dr Ian Miller

Medical historian and curator Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about force-fee...