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Ep65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David Tattersfield

WFA trustee David Tattersfield talks about his detective work in France to determine the identities of two majors buried in graves marked unknown, who were both killed in the German Spring offensive on the River Aisne in May 1918.

Ep64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard O’Sullivan

Richard O’Sullivan, Assistant Curator at the London Irish Rifles Association, talks about the London Irish battalions of the London Regiment during the Great War.

Ep63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of hunger during the Great War – Sir Hew Strachan

Sir Hew Strachan, patron of the WFA and Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, delivers a lecture on blockade, economic warfare and the use of starvation during the Great War. This lecture was recorded at the WFA’s AGM in London last month.

Ep61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew Humphries

Dr Andrew Humphries, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, talks on D.H. Lawrence during the Great War and his recent book D. H. Lawrence, Transport and Cultural Transition: ‘A Great Sense of Journeying’ (published by Palgrave Macmillan).

Ep60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy

Irish Times Journalist Ronan McGreevy about his book Wherever the Firing line Extends, published by the History Press Ireland. This book examines the legacy of the 23 Irish memorials to fallen men on the Western Front. In the podcast, Ronan talks about documentary he made that looks at the Irish involvement in the 1917 campaign. […]

Ep59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea Hetherington

Andrea Hetherington talks about her new book British Widows of the First World War (published Pen and Sword).

Ep58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker

Dr Linda Parker talks about her new book (published by Helion and Co) on Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, better known as Woodbine Willie, during his service as an Army Chaplain in the Great War.

Ep57 – The Great War Contribution of the Punjabi village of Dulmial, Pakistan – Dr Irfan Malik

GP Dr Irfan Malik talks about his research into the Great War contribution of his ancestral village of Dulmial, which is located in the Punjab area of Pakistan.

Ep56 – Resisting Conscription: the Appeals Tribunals in Middlesex – Carol Henderson

Doctoral candidate Carol Henderson talks about her research into the military appeals tribunals in Middlesex where men sought to gain exemption from conscription and military service during the Great War.

Ep55 – Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria – Dr Jonathan Boff

Dr Jonathan Boff, University of Birmingham, discusses his latest book Haig’s Enemy on Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria during the Great War on the Western Front (published by OUP).