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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.

361 The 1 4Th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment In The Ypres Salient 1915 Q50690
19 May 2025
Podcast Guest: Tim Halstead

Ep. 361 – London Schools and the London Territorial Force

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360 British Trench Periscope Cape Helles 1915
12 June 2025
Podcast Guest: Clive Harris

Ep. 360 – London Territorials at Gallipoli

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Ep359 League Of Help
5 June 2025
Podcast Guest: Nick Jenkins

Ep. 359 – The British League of Help

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Paterson
19 June 2025
Podcast Guest: Sarah Paterson

Ep. 358 – Periodical publications of the London Regiment

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Ep357 A WWI Mystery Reunited After 110 Years – Philipp Cross
30 May 2025
Podcast Guest: Philipp Cross

Ep. 357 – A World War 1 Mystery Reunited After 110 Years

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356
15 May 2025
Podcast Guest: Jon Davy

Ep. 356 – The London Regt and the RFC

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Alexander Paterson
8 May 2025
Podcast Guest: Harry Potter

Ep. 355 – Alexander Paterson and the Bermondsey Battalion

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354.
1 May 2025
Podcast Guest: Stephen Sandford

Ep. 354 – London Irish Rifles in the Great War

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Quarter Bloke
15 April 2025
Podcast Guest: Steve Hammond

Ep. 353 – Edgar Loveland and the Queens Westminster Rifles

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U Boote
1 April 2025
Podcast Guest: Michèl Admiraal

Ep. 352 – U-boat technology and doctrine

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Spectre Of Invasion
15 March 2025
Podcast Guest: Steve Dunn

Ep. 351 – Royal Navy and invasion scares

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350.
1 March 2025
Podcast Guest: Mark Jones

Ep. 350 – Learning in the Rangers

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Futile Exercise
15 February 2025
Podcast Guest: Simon Batten

Ep. 349 – The British Army before 1914

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Rebel Women
1 February 2025
Podcast Guest: Dr Margaret Ward

Ep. 348 – Irish republican women in Ulster, 1914-1922

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The Battalion
16 December 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof. Ian Isherwood

Ep. 347 – Citizen Soldiers at War on the Western Front

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346.
1 December 2024
Podcast Guest: Tony Bolton

Ep. 346 – Invasion literature before World War 1

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Beyond The Great Silence
15 November 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Stefanie Linden

Ep. 345 – Legacy of shellshock after the Great War

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Comparing The Retreats, 1914 & 1940 – Prof. Gary Sheffield
1 November 2024
Podcast Guest: Prof. Gary Sheffield

Ep. 344 - Comparing the Retreats, 1914 & 1940

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Unknown Soldier
15 October 2024
Podcast Guest: David Preston

Ep. 343 – Unknown Soldier, Story of WW1

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Speaking From His Home In The Northwest, Dr. Prime Sheds Light On Lesser Known Details Of The Conflict, Making For A Captivating Conversation On Military History And Geopolitics.
1 October 2024
Podcast Guest: Dr Adam Prime

Ep. 342 – The Defence of the Suez Canal, 1914-15

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