Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep94 – The Great War Pension Record Cards – David Tattersfield

WFA Trustee David Tattersfield talks about the First World War Pension Record Cards that the WFA acquired from the Ministry of Defence in 2012 and how these records are to be made publicly accessible online in the near future.

Ep93 – Willie Redmond MP – John Green

John Green talks about his relative Irish nationalist politician Major Willie Redmond MP, who was killed at the Battle of Messines in June 1917.

Ep92 – Public School Great War Memorials – Sarah Wearne

 School archivist Sarah Wearne talks about her new book that looks at Great War memorials in public schools, This is published by Helion.

Ep91 – The morale of the Italian army in WW1 – Dr Vanda Wilcox

Historian Dr Vanda Wilcox, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at John Cabot University, talks about her recent book on the morale of the Italian Army during the Great War which has just been published in paperback by Cambridge University Press (from 20.12.2018).

Ep90 – The Portuguese Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Miguel Freire

Portuguese Army officer Miguel Freire talks about the role of the Portuguese Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during WW1.

Ep89 – Civilian Volunteers during WW1 – Dr Sally White

Dr Sally White talks about her new book Ordinary Heroes on civilian volunteers during the Great War, published by Amberly.

Ep88 – The 10th (Irish) Division – Dr Stephen Sandford

Historian Dr. Stephen Sandford talks about his 2014 book, Neither Unionist Nor Nationalist, about the history of the 10th (Irish) Division during the Great War.

Ep87 – Conscientious Objectors in WW1 – Gerry Barton

Gerry Barton talks about his new book, jointly written with John Babb, on conscientious objectors in Mid-Staffordshire and the Black Country during the Great War.

Ep86 – Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-23 – Prof. Richard Grayson

Professor Richard Grayson, Professor of Twentieth-Century History at Goldsmiths, University of London, talks about his new book charting Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-1923, that covers the role of Dubliners in the Great War, Easter Rising and Irish Revolution. His book is published by Cambridge University Press.

Ep85 – Women of Aktion – female activists in the German 1918 Revolution – Prof. Ingrid Sharp

Professor Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History at the University of Leeds, talks about her research into female political activists during the German 1918 revolution.