Ep.241 – Lost But Not forgotten. The Archaeological Recovery of First World War Casualties - Simon Verdegem
Belgian battlefield archaeologist Simon Verdegem talks to Tom Thorpe in this podcast about his work recovering First World War casualties in Belgium. Simon is the head archaeologist for Skylarcs, a non-profit organisation that aims to promote and conduct research of conflict archaeology and military history.
You'll hear Simon talking about the process for conducting archaeological investigations and what can be learnt from such activities.
He was also engaged in theDig Hill 80project that recently recovered soldiers in the Wijtschate area.