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.303 – The Remount Service and the Army Veterinary Corps during The Gr...
Dr Jane Flynn talks about the Army Remount Service and the Army Veterinary Corps during the First...
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Ep.302 – The role of birds in the First World War – Nicholas Milton
Ornithologist, author and historian Nicholas argues that the British Expeditionary Force sent to...
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Ep.301 – Elsie and Mairi Go to War – Dr Diane Atkinson
Dr Diane Atkinson, historian and author, talks about her recent book about Elsie Knocker and Mair...
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Ep.300 – The state of Great War scholarship – Prof John Borne, Dr Jonath...
Prof. John Bourne, Dr Alex Mayhew and Dr Jonathan Boff discuss the current state of academic rese...
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Ep,299 – Queen’s Westminster Rifles in the First World War – Steve Hammond
Steve Hammond talks about his research and interest in the Queen Westminster Rifles during the Fi...
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Ep. 298 – A Jewish Aid Worker in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War, 1...
Dr Michael Nutkiewicz talks about his new book, A Ukrainian Chapter. A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir...
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Ep.297 – Organisational learning on the Western Front – Dr Mike Hunzeker
Dr Michael Hunzeker talks about his new book, Dying to Learn that looks at innovation and learnin...
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Ep.296 – Heroism in literature during FWW – Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus
Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus, Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at the University of No...
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Ep.295 – The birth of the RAF – Prof. Richard Overy
Professor Richard Overy, Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter, talks about his recent b...
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Ep. 294 – 46th Division in WW1 – Prof. John Bourne
Professor John Bourne talks about his interest and research on the British 46th Division on the...
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Ep.293 – Bloxham School and the First World War – Simon Batten & Matthew...
Authors and historians Simon Batten and Matthew Dixon talk about their recent book on Bloxham Sch...
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Ep.292 – The 6th Div in the GW – Dr Peter Hodgkinson
Historian, clinical psychologist and author Dr Peter Hodgkinson talks about his recent book A Com...
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