Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep44 – The Yanks are Coming! The AEF in WW1 – John Lee

John Lee talks about the American Expeditionary Force and how the adapted to combat conditions on the Western Front in 1918. This lecture was given on the 9 November 2017 at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.

Ep43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay

Sarah Reay (http://www.halfshillingcurate.com/) talks about her latest book The Half Shilling Curate which details her Grandfather Herbert Cowl’s military service as an army chaplain in the 23rd Division on the Western Front during the Great War (published by Helion and Co.).

Ep42 – What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? – Charles Barrington

Charles Barrington talks about his new book (published by Helion and Co.) What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? about his grandfather’s service in the Great War as a regular artillery officer serving with the BEF in 1914 and then with the 61st Division. 

Ep41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart

Dr William Stewart talks about his latest book, published by Helion and Co, that examines the Canadian forces contribution, experience and performance during the Battle of the Somme.

Ep40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair

Charles Fairs talks about a collection of letters and diaries written by his grandparents and their immediate social circle during the Great War that he published in 2012. The central character is his grandmother Marjorie Secretan and Charles talks about how the war affected her as she lost her brother, fiancé and other close family […]

Ep39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter

Nigel Atter talks about the role and experience of his grandfather’s battalion, the 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, this is based on his latest book published by Helion and Co.

Ep38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France – Dr Vivien Newman

Dr Vivien Newman talks about her new book (with David Alexander Scott Semeraro) on female agent Regina Diana who spied for the Germans in France during the Great War. Her book is titled Seductress, Siren, Spy: The Undercover World of Agent Regina Diana 1914-1918, and is published by Pen and Sword.

Ep37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1 – Dr Andrew Bamji

Dr Andrew Bamji talks about New Zealand surgeon Dr Harold Gillies and his pioneering work in plastic surgery to treat and manage facial injuries at the Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup during WW1. This talk is based around his recent book Faces from the Front, published by Helion and Co. 

Ep36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John Rigby-Jones

John Rigby Jones talks about his new book on the experience and service of his teenage grandfather, Captain Eric Rigby Jones, on the Western Front during the Great War with the Liverpool Pals (published by Helion and Co).

Ep35 – The Doughboys, 1917-8 – Michael St Maur Sheil

Photographer and historian Michael St Maur Sheil talks on the role of the Doughboys and US forces in France during 1917 and 1918. This talk was given in Belfast on 11 September 2017.