The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes overlooked
Ep.237 – Missing But Not Forgotten: Men of the Thiepval Memorial – Pam & Ke…
Ken Linge talks about the work he and his wife Pam have done on researching the stories of the ‘miss…
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Ep. 236 – The 47th Division at High Wood, 1916 – Richard Hendry
Independent scholar Richard Hendry talks about his research into the 47th Division at High Wood duri…
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Ep. 235 – Teachers During the Great War – Dr Barry Blades
Independent writer and researcher Dr Barry Blades talks to me about his books looking at schools, te…
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Ep.234 – Czech Soldiers in the First World War – Dr Jiri Hutečka
Dr Jiří Hutečka, Associate Professor at the University of Hradec Králové, talks about his recent boo…
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Ep.233 – Moonlight Massacre at 3rd Ypres – Dr Michael LoCicero
Dr Michael LoCicero, an independent scholar and the Commissioning Editor at Helion & Co., talks …
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Ep.232 - The CWGC Non-Commemoration Report on Inequalities of Commemoration…
Dr George Hay, the Official Historian at Commonwealth War Graves Commission, talks about the recen…
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Ep.231- Yugoslavia in the British imagination during the First World War – …
Dr Samuel Foster, Visiting Fellow in the School of History, University of East Anglia, talks about h…
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Ep.230 – 'Staking the coffins' – the 1918 flu Epidemic in Ireland – Dr Ida …
Dr Ida Milne, Lecturer in European History at Carlow College, Ireland, talks about her recent book…
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Ep.229- Jan Smuts and the German East African Campaign – David Katz
Doctoral candidate David Katz, studying at Stellenbosch University, talks about his PhD research int…
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Ep. 228 - Royal Marines on the Western Front - Daniel Mclean
Dan Mclean, a history teacher and theologian, who previously served in the Royal Navy, talks about…
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Ep.227 – Surgery during the Great War - Dr Thomas Scotland
Dr Thomas Scotland talks to Tom Thorpe about surgery during the First World War. …
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Ep. 226 - German Jews during the First World War – Prof. Tim Grady
Professor Tim Grady, Professor of History at the University of Chester, talks about his research int…
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