Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep175 – Australian POWs during WW1 – Dr Aaron Pegram

Dr Aaron Pegram, Senior Historian at the Military History Section at the Australian War Memorial, talks about his recent book on Australian POWs on the Western Front during WW1. This book is published by CUP.

Ep174 – Ypres and its meaning through time – Prof Mark Connelly & Dr Stefan Goebel

Professor Mark Connelly, Professor of Modern British History, University of Kent and Dr Stefan Goebel, Reader and Director of the Centre for the History of War, Media and Society, University of Kent, talk about their recent book on Ypres. This is published by OUP.

Ep173 – The Chemists’ War 1914-18 – Dr Michael Freemantle

Dr Michael Freemantle, a freelance Science Writer, talks about his book the Chemists’ War 1914-1918 that looks at the role of chemists and chemistry during the Great War.

Ep172 – Sevenoaks in the Great War – Matthew Ball

Matthew Ball talks about his research into the community of Sevenoaks during WW1.

Ep171 – The 58th (London) Division – David Martin

Author David Martin talks about his recent book on the 58th Division (London) during WW1. This is published by Pen & Sword.

Ep170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during WW1 – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia

Professor Ian Van Der Waag, Professor and Head of Department of Military History at Stellenbosch University, and Dr Tony Garcia, an independent scholar talk about their research into life and career of Louis Botha, Boer military commander and South African Prime Minister before and during the Great War.

Ep169 – The Sandringham Company – Neil Storey

Neil Story talks about his book on the service of the Territorial Battalions of the Norfolk Regiment during the Great War, and in particular, the famous Sandringham Company. This book is published by Pen & Sword.

Ep168 – Operation Alias – David Tattersfield

David Tattersfield, Development Trustee of the WFA, talks about Operation Alias, a project by the WFA to identify men who fell in the Great War and served under an alias or ‘false’ name.

Ep167 – Women as Veterans in post-WW1 France and Britain – Prof. Alison Fell

Professor Alison Fell, Professor of French Cultural History at the University of Leeds, talks about her recent book on women as veterans in post-Great War France and Britain. Alison’s book examines the cultural and social identity some women adopted, or were given, as war veterans in the 1920s and how this was received by the […]

Ep166 – Washington in the GW – Peter Welsh

Peter Welsh talks about his research into the community of Washington during the Great War.