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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.

For King And Country
16 January 2023
Podcast Guest: Prof Heather Jones

Ep. 284 – King George V in World War 1

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National Funds For French Troops
9 January 2023
Podcast Guest: Libby Horner

Ep. 283 – Frank Brangwyn’s Great War Art

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Drill, Training, And Discipline In WW1 – Harry Sanderson
1 January 2023
Podcast Guest: Harry Sanderson

Ep. 282 – Drill, training, and discipline in the Great War

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Cricket During The Great War – John Broom
5 December 2022
Podcast Guest: John Broom

Ep. 281 – Cricket during the Great War

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Conscript Morale In 1918 – Tim Lynch
28 November 2022
Podcast Guest: Tim Lynch

Ep. 280 – Conscript morale in 1918

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The Bucks Battalion In The Great War – Prof Ian Beckett
21 November 2022
Podcast Guest: Prof Ian Beckett

Ep. 279 – The Bucks Battalion in the Great War

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Hanham – Andrew Wood
14 November 2022
Podcast Guest: Andrew Wood

Ep. 278 – Hanham

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Lewes
7 November 2022
Podcast Guest: Jonathan Vernon

Ep. 277 – The Friendly Invasion of Lewes in 1914

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Ronan Mcgreevy Assassination Of Wilson
22 November 2022
Podcast Guest: Ronan McGreevy

Ep. 276 – The Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson

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Walking The Western Front Way
5 November 2022
Podcast Guest: Sir Anthony Seldon

Ep.276a – Walking the Western Front Way

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Salonika Front WW1
24 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Jake Gasson

Ep. 275 – Managing boredom in Salonika amongst British troops

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Fishermen’S Involvement In The Great War – Dr Robb Robinson
17 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Robb Robinson

Ep. 274 – Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War

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The German Army In October 1918 – Katherine Quinlan Flatter
10 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Katherine Quinlan-Flatter

Ep. 273 – The German Army in October 1918

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Ireland In The First World War Dr Niamh Gallagher
3 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Niamh Gallagher and Prof Richard Grayson

Ep. 272 - The Political and Social History of Ireland in the First World War

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Children And Childhood In WW1 – Dr Viv Newman
26 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Viv Newman

Ep. 271 – Children and childhood in the First World War

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A Gas Sentry Ringing An Alarm At Fleurbaix
19 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Rocky Salmon

Ep. 270 – Gas Warfare during the First World War

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The Netherlands During WW1 – Pauline Onderwater
12 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Pauline Onderwater

Ep. 269 – The Netherlands during the Great War

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Richard Aldington And The Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton
5 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Viv Whelpton

Ep. 268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War

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Making Sense Of The Great War
8 August 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Alex Mayhew

Ep. 267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-18

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To The Last Man
1 August 2022
Podcast Guest: Jonathan Bratten

Ep. 266 – The US 103rd Regiment in World War One

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