This episode of Mentioned in Dispatches features Steve Hammond, editor and compiler of Quarter Bloke, with the Westminsters at War, a book that provides a compelling account of Edgar Percy Loveland’s experiences in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles during the Great War. Through Loveland’s diaries, letters, and photographs, as well as Hammond’s extensive research, the book offers a deeply personal insight into the daily realities of war.

Hammond discusses Loveland’s life, the experiences of the QWR soldiers, and the significance of first-hand accounts in understanding the human side of military history.