Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep54 – The Confessions of a Battlefield Tour Guide – Clive Harris

Military historian and guide Clive Harris talks about his 20 years of experiences as a battlefield tour guide taking parties of people around sites in France and Flanders.

Ep53 – Nannies and the Great War – Louise Heren

Author and historian Louise Heren talks about her book on Nannies and the Great War (published by Pen and Sword).

Ep52 – Cambridge Communities in the Great War – Joanna Costin

PhD candidate Joanna Costin talks about her research into the Cambridgeshire communities in the Great War. Joanna was one of six doctoral students who were recipients of the WFA PhD scholarship grant scheme that is designed to further academic research and understanding into the First World War.

Ep51 – The Wirral in the Great War – Stephen Roberts

Doctoral student Stephen Roberts talks about The Wirral in the Great War.

Ep50 – The London Regiment before the Great War – Charles Fair & Tom Thorpe

Historian Charles fair and host Tom Thorpe survey the character, traditions and quirks of the 28 infantry battalions of the London Regiment prior to the Great War.

Ep49 – The 48th Division, 1908-1918 – Dr K.W. Mitchinson

Dr Bill Mitchinson talks about his latest book on the 48th (South Midland) Division from 1908 to 1919 (published by Helion & Co.)

Ep48 – The Hindenburg Line – Clive Harris

Military historian and battlefield guide Clive Harris, Director of Battle Honours, discusses the Hindenburg Line during the First World War.

Ep47 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Dr Spenser Jones

Dr. Spencer Jones, Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton talks about the Chinese Labour Corps in the Great War.

Ep46 – Photographing the Fallen – Jeremy Gordon-Smith

Jeremy Gordon-Smith talks about his new book Photographing the Fallen (published by Pen & Sword) on his great uncle Ivan Bawtree, who was a photographer with the Graves Registration Unit on the Western Front during the Great War.

Ep45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard Grayson

Professor Richard Grayson, Goldsmith’s London, talks about his forthcoming book on Dublin between 1912-1923. He gave this lecture on 10 November last year (2017) to the Antrim and Down branch of the WFA.