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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.

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6 November 2017
Podcast Guest: Nigel Atter

Ep. 39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos

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Ep 38 14830
30 October 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr Vivien Newman

Ep. 38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France

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Ep 37Faces From The Front
23 October 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr Andrew Bamji

Ep. 37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1

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Ep 36 Images
16 October 2017
Podcast Guest: John Rigby-Jones

Ep. 36 – A subaltern on the Western Front

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9 October 2017
Podcast Guest: Michael St Maur Sheil

Ep. 35 – The Doughboys, 1917-8

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2 October 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr Stefanie Linden

Ep. 34 – Shellshock in World War 1

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Ep 33 Photo History1 10B
25 September 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr Jane Orr

Ep. 33 – The “Spanish Flu” Pandemic 1917-19

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18 September 2017
Podcast Guest: Charles Messenger

Ep. 32 – Brigadier General Frank Crozier

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11 September 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr Vivien Newman

Ep. 31 – Women in Britain and Europe during the Great War

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4 September 2017
Podcast Guest: Andy Robertshaw

Ep. 30 – Joseph Steward’s Platoon

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Ep29 – Commemoration Of The Great War In Ireland – Dr Chris Manson
28 August 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr Chris Manson

Ep. 29 – Commemoration of the Great War in Ireland

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Ep28 – Military Recruitment In Ireland, 1916 – Dr William Butler
21 August 2017
Podcast Guest: Dr William Butler

Ep. 28 – Military Recruitment in Ireland, 1916

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Ep27 – Black Watch Volunteers In Dublin Before The First World War – Ian Montgomery
15 August 2017
Podcast Guest: Ian Montgomery

Ep. 27 – Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the First World War

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Ep26 – Beyond The Somme – West Belfast’S Somme Service In Context – Prof Richard Grayson
7 August 2017
Podcast Guest: Prof Richard Grayson

Ep. 26 – Beyond the Somme – West Belfast’s Somme service in context

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Ep25 – Major General Nugent, The Ulster Division And Their Army Commanders In 1916 – Nicholas Perry (1)
31 July 2017
Podcast Guest: Nicholas Perry

Ep. 25 – Major General Nugent, the Ulster Division and their army commanders in 1916

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Ep24 – The First Battle Of The Scarpe (Arras) April 1917 – Jim Smithson
24 July 2017
Podcast Guest: Jim Smithson

Ep. 24 – The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April 1917

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Ep23 – The Auxiliaries In Ireland’S War Of Independence – Paul O’Brien (1)
18 July 2017
Podcast Guest: Paul O'Brien

Ep. 23 – The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence

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Ep22 – Donegall Pass Heroes Of The Great War Project – Ron Mcmurray
10 July 2017
Podcast Guest: Ron McMurray

Ep. 22 – Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project

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Ep21 – Jutland And The Meaning Of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert
8 July 2017
Podcast Guest: Prof Andrew Lambert

Ep. 21 – Jutland and the Meaning of Victory

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Ep20 – Sniping In The Great War – Martin Pegler
3 July 2017
Podcast Guest: Martin Pegler

Ep. 20 – Sniping in the Great War

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