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. 210 - Major General Oliver Nugent - Nicholas Perry
Historian Nick Perry about talks about his recent book on the life and Great War career of Major...
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Ep. 209 - Irish Women during the Great War - Dr Fionnuala Walsh
Dr Fionnuala Walsh, lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, talks about he...
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Ep. 208 - Kitchener. Man not Myth - Dr Anne Samson
Dr Anne Samson talks about her recent book on Field Marshal Lord Kitchener. This is published by...
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EP. 207a - CWGC War Graves Week 2021 - Simon Bendry
Extra edition: Simon Bendry of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission talks about the Commission’...
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Ep. 207 - The General Staff - Dr Paul Harris
Historian Dr Paul Harris about his work on the British General Staff during the Great War....
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Ep. 206 - The Northern Irish Horse - Phillip Tardif
Historian Phillip Tardif talks about his recent book on the North Irish Horse during the Great Wa...
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Ep. 205 - The Harlem Hellfighters in World War One - Steven L. Harris
American historian and author Stephen L. Harris talks about his book Harlem’s Hell Fighters which...
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Ep. 204 - The Endell Street Hospital - Wendy Moore
Historian Wendy Moore about her recent book Endell Street on the hospital of that name establishe...
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Ep. 203 - The Russian Army in the First World War - Prof. Roger Reese
Professor Roger Reese, Professor of History at Texas A&M University in the USA talks about hi...
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Ep.202 - General Sir Cecil Pereira - Dr Spencer Jones
Dr Spencer Jones, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about the wartime let...
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Ep. 201 - Jan Smuts - Prof. Ian Van Der Waag and Tony Garcia
Professor Ian Van Der Waag, Professor and Head of Department of Military History at Stellenbosch...
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Ep.200 - Logistics during the Messines - Third Ypres Campaign - Rob Thom...
In this Mentioned in Dispatches podcast, historian Rob Thompson talks about what got him interest...
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