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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.

Salonika Front WW1
24 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Jake Gasson

Ep.275 – Managing boredom in Salonika amongst British troops

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Fishermen’S Involvement In The Great War – Dr Robb Robinson
17 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Robb Robinson

Ep.274 – Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War

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The German Army In October 1918 – Katherine Quinlan Flatter
10 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Katherine Quinlan-Flatter

Ep.273 – The German Army in October 1918

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Ireland In The First World War Dr Niamh Gallagher
3 October 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Niamh Gallagher and Prof Richard Grayson

Ep.272 - The Political and Social History of Ireland in the First World War

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Children And Childhood In WW1 – Dr Viv Newman
26 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Viv Newman

Ep.271 – Children and childhood in WW1

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A Gas Sentry Ringing An Alarm At Fleurbaix
19 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Rocky Salmon

Ep.270 – Gas Warfare during the First World War

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The Netherlands During WW1 – Pauline Onderwater
12 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Pauline Onderwater

Ep.269 – The Netherlands during WW1

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Richard Aldington And The Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton
5 September 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Viv Whelpton

Ep.268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War

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Making Sense Of The Great War
8 August 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Alex Mayhew

Ep.267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8

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To The Last Man
1 August 2022
Podcast Guest: Jonathan Bratten

Ep.266 – The US 103rd Regiment in World War One

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The Indian Army In The First World War – Dr Andrew Jarboe
25 July 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Andrew Jarboe

Ep.265 – The Indian Army in the First World War

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The Darkest Year
18 July 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Spencer Jones

Ep.264 – 1917, The Darkest Year

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The German Colonies In The First World War – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick
11 July 2022
Podcast Guest: Prof Matt Fitzpatrick

Ep.263 – The German Colonies in the First World War

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First World War Officers Facing Disgrace In 1920S Courtrooms – Dr Frances Hurd
4 July 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Frances Hurd

Ep.262 – First World War Officers facing disgrace in 1920s courtrooms

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In The Centennial Footsteps Of The Great War – Attila Szalay Berzeviczy
1 July 2022
Podcast Guest: Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy

Ep.261a – In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War

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Kingham Hill And Latimer House Great War Memorial
27 June 2022
Podcast Guest: Donna Saxby & Gareth Williams

Ep.261 – Teaching the Great War Kingham Hill School

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Subterranean Operations In The First World War – Dr Matt Leonard
20 May 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Matt Leonard

Ep.260 – Subterranean operations in the First World War

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The Boy Scouts During The War – Dr Craig Armstrong
13 June 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Craig Armstrong

Ep.259 – The Boy Scouts during the War

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Gas Drill. Indian Army
6 June 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Adam Prime

Ep.258 – Dissent and indiscipline in the Indian Army during WW1

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Following In The Footsteps Of Heroes
30 May 2022
Podcast Guest: Tom Strickland

Ep.257 – Visiting the WW1 Battlefields in France and Belgium

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