Podcasts

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.

Ep 186 Folkestone Harbour Signal Box With Black Bunting
30 November 2020
Podcast Guest: Peter Anderson

Ep. 186 – Folkestone harbour in World War 1

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23 November 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Meleah Hampton

Ep. 185 – Anzacs on the Western Front

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Ep 184 19272
16 November 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Barbara Walsh

Ep. 184 – Irish servicewomen during World War 1

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9 November 2020
Podcast Guest: Mark Scott

Ep. 183 – The unknown story of the Unknown Warrior

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2 November 2020
Podcast Guest: George Morton Jack

Ep. 182 – The Indian Empire at War

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26 October 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr David Murphy

Ep. 181 – The Nivelle Offensive of 1917

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Ep 180 9Rs
19 October 2020
Podcast Guest: Neill Gilhooley

Ep. 180 – 9th Royal Scots in the Great War

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12 October 2020
Podcast Guest: Richard Pursehouse

Ep. 179 – German POWs on Cannock Chase

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The Disparity Of Sacrifice
5 October 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Tim Bowman, Dr Michael Wheatley & Dr William Butler

Ep. 178 – Irish recruitment in the Great War

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28 September 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Catherine Bond

Ep. 177 – Law and War in Australia during WW1

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Ep 176 Untitled
21 September 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Rich Willis & Richard Fisher

Ep. 176 – 1 million rounds from a Vickers’ gun in 12 hours: myth or truth?

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14 September 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Aaron Pegram

Ep. 175 – Australian POWs during World War 1

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7 September 2020
Podcast Guest: Prof Mark Connelly & Dr Stefan Goebel

Ep. 174 – Ypres and its meaning through time

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10 August 2020
Podcast Guest: Dr Michael Freemantle

Ep. 173 – The Chemists’ War 1914-18

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3 August 2020
Podcast Guest: Matthew Ball

Ep. 172 – Sevenoaks in the Great War

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27 July 2020
Podcast Guest: David Martin

Ep. 171 – The 58th (London) Division

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Ep 170 Louis Botha 215X300
20 July 2020
Podcast Guest: Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia

Ep. 170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during World War 1

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13 July 2020
Podcast Guest: Neil Storey

Ep. 169 – The Sandringham Company

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Ballard Alias
6 July 2020
Podcast Guest: David Tattersfield

Ep. 168 – Operation Alias

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29 June 2020
Podcast Guest: Prof. Alison Fell

Ep. 167 – Women as Veterans in post-WW1 France and Britain

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