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.268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton
Dr Viv Whelpton talks about the life and service of Great War poet Richard Aldington. Aldington (...
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Ep 267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8 – Dr Alex Mayhew
Dr Alex Mayhew, a historian of the cultural, military, and social history of war and also a Fello...
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Ep.266 – The US 103rd Regiment in World War One – Jonathan Bratten
Jonathan Bratten talks about his history of the US 103rd Regiment during the Great War. The 103rd...
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Ep. 265 – The Indian Army in the First World War – Dr Andrew Jarboe
Historian and teacher Dr Andrew T. Jarboe talks about his recent book Indian Soldiers in World Wa...
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Ep.264 – 1917, The Darkest Year – Dr Spencer Jones
Dr Spencer Jones talks about The Darkest Year, a collection of essays he edited on the British Ar...
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Ep.263 – The German Colonies in the First World War – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick
Historian Professor Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sci...
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Ep.262 – First World War Officers facing disgrace in 1920s courtrooms –...
Historian Dr Frances Hurd talks about her research into officers who fall foul of the law in the...
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Ep.261a – In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War – Attila Szalay-B...
In this special podcast, Dr Tom Thorpe talks to historian and photographer Attila Szalay-Berzevic...
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Ep. 261 – Teaching the Great War Kingham Hill School – Donna Saxby & Gar...
History teacher Gareth Williams and librarian Donna Saxby from Kingham Hill School in Oxfordshire...
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Ep.260 – Subterranean operations in the First World War – Dr Matt Leonard
Historian and modern conflict archaeologist Dr Matt Leonard talks about subterranean operations i...
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Ep.259 – The Boy Scouts during the War – Dr Craig Armstrong
Historian Craig Armstrong talks about his recent book The Boy Scouts in the Great War that looks...
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Ep.258 – Dissent and indiscipline in the Indian Army during WW1 – Dr Ada...
Dr Adam Prime talks about his research into dissent and indiscipline in the Indian Army during th...
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