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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.

Futile Exercise
15 February 2025
Podcast Guest: Simon Batten

Ep. 349 – The British Army before 1914

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Rebel Women
1 February 2025
Podcast Guest: Dr Margaret Ward

Ep. 348 – Irish republican women in Ulster, 1914-1922

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The Battalion
16 December 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof. Ian Isherwood

Ep. 347 – Citizen Soldiers at War on the Western Front

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346.
1 December 2024
Podcast Guest: Tony Bolton

Ep. 346 – Invasion literature before World War 1

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Beyond The Great Silence
15 November 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Stefanie Linden

Ep. 345 – Legacy of shellshock after the Great War

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Comparing The Retreats, 1914 & 1940 – Prof. Gary Sheffield
1 November 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof. Gary Sheffield

Ep. 344 - Comparing the Retreats, 1914 & 1940

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Unknown Soldier
15 October 2024
Podcast Guest: David Preston

Ep. 343 – Unknown Soldier, Story of WW1

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Speaking From His Home In The Northwest, Dr. Prime Sheds Light On Lesser Known Details Of The Conflict, Making For A Captivating Conversation On Military History And Geopolitics.
1 October 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Adam Prime

Ep. 342 – The Defence of the Suez Canal, 1914-15

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325 Field Signal Bn. 92Nd Div Stringing Lines. Binarville (Argonne) Oct 1, 1918.
15 September 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Brian Hall

Ep. 341 – African American Signallers

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The Unknown Warrior
1 September 2024
Podcast Guest: John Nichol

Ep. 340 –The Unknown Warrior

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The Restored 1918 Liberty Bell Cadillac Us1257x On Display In Washington DC In 2024 (C) Marc Lassen 2024
15 August 2024
Podcast Guest: Marc Lassen

Ep. 339 - The 1918 Liberty Bell Cadillac U.S. 1257X

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More Than Victims Of Horace
1 August 2024
Podcast Guest: Timothy Halstead

Ep. 338 – Public Schools in the Great War

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Soldiers Of The Gordon Highlanders In France C.1916
15 July 2024
Podcast Guest: Tom Ordeman

Ep. 337 – Orcadians in the Gordon Highlanders in the First World War

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French Generals
1 July 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Jonathan Krause & Prof William Philpott

Ep. 336 – French Generals of the Great War

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The Young Gunner
15 June 2024
Podcast Guest: Colin Hutchinson

Ep. 335 – The Young Gunner

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The Office Of Military Secretary
1 March 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof John Bourne

Ep. 334 – The Office of Military Secretary

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Dr Dominiek Dendooven
16 February 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Dominiek Dendooven

Ep. 333 – Ireland in Ypres, 1914 – 2014

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Midland Railway
1 February 2024
Podcast Guest: Quint Watt

Ep. 332 – Midland Railway men of the Great War

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God And The British Soldier
16 January 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof Michael Snape

Ep. 331 - God and the British Soldier

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330 Stephen Badsey
1 June 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof Stephen Badsey

Ep. 330 – The Armistice on the Western Front

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