Latest Episodes

Feeding Tommy

A famous saying asserts that an army marches on its stomach, and in this episode, we examine food and drink for men on the front line.  The challenge of feeding an army was immense, and the war office employed science to calculate ...

December 08, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 15 • 57:35

Liquid fire

In the early hours of the 30th July 1915, men of the Rifle Brigade and Kings Royal Rifle Corps were attacked near Hooge by German soldiers using a new and appalling weapon of war - liquid fire.  The subsequent counter-attack that afternoon...

November 24, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 14 • 1:08:56

He is not missing, he is here.

Welcome to this latest episode, in which we explore the history behind one of the world's great monuments, the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in the Belgian city of Ypres.We hear the history of the Last Post, look at the famous lion...

October 27, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 13 • 1:08:22

I can't say my prayers on a stolen carpet..

Welcome to the latest episode!In today's episode, we look at the role played by Army Chaplains during the Great War. Responsible for the spiritual and personal welfare of soldiers, the Chaplain was a source of great comfort for men duri...

October 13, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 12 • 1:19:58

The black lions of Cantigny

Welcome to this latest podcast, in which we travel to the southern part of the Somme battlefield, a shell-cratered morass on which the men of Canada, Australia and France died in their thousands in the final 100 days of the War.We tour ...

September 29, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 11 • 1:13:07

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Mr Dixon - I just found your podcast. I am loving! I am excited to get to know WW1 better through your podcast. Really connecting with your use of the fallen as the center point to describe the battles. Thank you for all your effort on this topic and to all the brave soldiers you are honoring by retelling their stories. Take care / RichS from California.

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