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. 14 – General Fox Conner and the American Expeditionary Force in WW1...
Steven Rabalais talks about his biography of General Fox Conner (published by Casemate) who was t...
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Ep. 13 – The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East Station
Beverly Jones, from Peterborough Archives Service, talks about the research into two visitors’ bo...
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Ep. 12 – The Diary of a Belgian Priest – 1917 with the British in Ypres...
Dominiek Dendooven, from the In Flanders Fields museum, discusses the recently published 1917 dia...
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Ep. 11 – Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists in the Great War – Luci Gos...
Luci Gosling, from the Mary Evans Picture Library, discusses a talk she gave to the Western Front...
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Ep. 10 – Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr Stephen Miles
Dr Stephen Miles discusses battlefield tourism on the Western Front based on his new book The Wes...
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Ep. 9 – Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – Dr Samantha Philo-Gill
Dr Samantha Philo-Gill discusses her new book on the formation, role and legacy of the Women’s Ar...
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Ep. 8 – The Great War’s Influence on Popular Music – Dr Peter Grant
Dr Peter Grant, a cultural historian from the Cass Business School, discusses how the Great War h...
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Ep. 7 – Irish Soldiers in 1917 – Philip Pratley
Philip Pratley talks about ‘Irish Soldiers One Year On: The Changes of 1917 ’, a lecture from the...
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Ep. 6 – British Staff in 1917 – Dr Paul Harris
Dr Paul Harris talks about ‘The British Army Staff System in 1917′, a lecture from the joint WFA...
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Ep. 5 – French Tanks in 1917 – Dr Tim Gale
Dr Tim Gale talks about ‘The development of French armoured warfare doctrine in 1917 ’, a lecture...
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Ep. 4 – The Honourable Artillery Company in 1917 – Michael Orr
Michael Orr talks about ‘Bunny and his artillery company: Command and Morale in 2nd Battalion Hon...
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Ep. 3 - Stately Homes and Cartoons in the First World War
This episode looks at the new research on the Great War from the University of Kent. PhD students...
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