Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep75 – Tubby Clayton – Dr Linda Parker

Dr. Linda Parker talks about her book on the Rev. Philip ‘Tubby’ Clayton during the Great War, published by Helion & Co.

Ep74 – The British Tommy in 1918 – Taff Gillingham

Historian and First World War expert Taff Gillingham delivers a lecture on the British soldier in 1918. This talk was given at the WFA’s York Conference on 7th July 2018.

Ep73 – Learning to fight – Military innovation in the British Army in WW1 – Dr Aimee Fox

Dr. Aimee Fox, Lecturer in Defence Studies at King·s College London, talks about her new book Learning to Fight. This looks at military innovation in the British Army during the First World War and is published by Cambridge University Press.

Ep72 – British POWs in Germany during WW1 – Dr Oliver Wilkinson

Dr Oliver Wilkinson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about his recent book titled British Prisoners of War in First World War Germany published by Cambridge University Press.

Ep71 – From Docks and Sand – The 7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment in WW1 – Dr Adrian Gregson

Dr Adrian Gregson talks about his recent book, From Docks and Sand, Southport and Bottle·s Battalion, the 7th King·s Liverpool Regiment, in the First World War, published by Helion and Co.

Ep70 – The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918 – Peter Hart

Historian Peter Hart about his new book The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918, published by Profile books.  

Ep69 – The German 1918 Spring Offensives – Dr Jonathan Boff

Dr Jonathan Boff, University of Birmingham, gives a lecture on the German Spring Offensives which happened from March to July in 1918; this talk was given at the WFA’s 7th President’s Conference in Birmingham on 2 June 2018.

Ep68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr Alison Hines

Dr Alison Hines, gives a lecture on the British Manpower Crisis of 1918; this talk was given at the WFA’s 7th President’s Conference in Birmingham on 2 June 2018.

Ep67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley

Anne Buckley (@skiptonpow),  Lecturer in Translation Studies and German at Leeds University, talks about translating memoirs of a group of German officers imprisoned in Skipton in World War I.

Ep66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu – Kenneth C. Davis

Author Kenneth C. Davis (@kennethcdavis) talks about his latest book on the hidden history of the Spanish Flu during World War 1, published by Henry Holt.