Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep24 – The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April 1917 – Jim Smithson

Jim Smithson discusses his latest book A Taste of Success: The First Battle of the Scarpe April 9-14 1917 (Solihull: Helion 2017 (Wolverhampton Military Studies)) which examines the opening phase of the Battle Arras.

Ep23 – The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence – Paul O’Brien

Military historian Paul O’Brien discusses his new book Havoc on the role and impact of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence, 1920-21.

Ep22 – Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project – Ron McMurray

Ron McMurray from the Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project explains the community based initiative that has been used to discover the stories of men from South Belfast who fought in the First World War.

Ep21 – Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert

This recording is of a talk given by Professor Andrew Lambert, King’s College London, to the Antrim and Down WFA branch Somme Conference last October (2016) on the outcomes of the 1916 naval battle at Jutland.

Ep20 – Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler

Martin Pegler, former Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries, discusses sniping and field-craft in the First World War (his book, Sniping in the Great War, has been re-published by Pen & Sword).

Ep19 – Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore

Lucinda Moore, a picture researcher at the Mary Evans Picture Library, discusses her new book Animals in the Great War (published by Pen & Sword).

Ep18 – Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd

Dr Nick Lloyd, from King’s College London, discusses the Battle of Third Ypres and his new book Passchendaele, A New History (published by Viking Penguin).

Ep17 – Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr Peter Hodgkinson

Clinical psychologist Dr Peter Hodgkinson discusses his latest book Glum Heroes (published by Helion & Co.) on how soldiers coped with the psychological stress and strain of trench warfare during the Great War.

Ep16 – The Myths of the Irish at Messines – Dr Tim Bowman

Dr Tim Bowman, University of Kent, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast to mark the centenary of the Battle of Messines (7 June) which involved the Irish raised divisions, 16th Irish and 36th Ulster. His talk addresses the myths which have grown up around the battle.

Ep15 – The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders – Piet Chielens from In Flanders Fields Museum

Piet Chielens, the Coordinator of the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast on Thursday, 1st June, titled ‘The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders’.