Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep165 – The Great War Centenary Battlefields programme – Simon Bendry

Simon Bendry, the former Programme Director of the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme based at University College London, talks about the programme that completed its work in April 2020.

Ep164 – The First Gurkha Officer – Pratap Chhetri

Pratap Chhetri talks about his research into Rana Jodha Jung Bahadur, the first Gurkha officer in the British Army during the Great War.

Ep163 – Tom Barry – British WW1 soldier to IRA leader – Gerry White

Gerry White, Chair of the Cork branch of the WFA, talks about his research into Tom Barry, who was a British soldier in WW1 and became a leading IRA commander during the Anglo-Irish War.

Ep162 – Combat, identity and power in the Indian Army during WW1 – Prof. Kate Imy

Kate Imy, Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas, talks about her recent book Faithful Fighters. Her book explores the Indian Army’s attempts to racialize and militarize the South Asian identities of its multi-racial, multi-linguistic, and multi-faith soldiery to secure their loyalty, cooperation. Her book is published by Standford University Press.

Ep161 – Civilian Internment in WW1 – Prof Matthew Stibbe

Professor Matthew Stibbe, Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University about his book on civilian internment during the Great War. This is published by Palgrave Macmillan. 

Ep160 – The 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in FWW – Nigel Atter

Historian Nigel Atter about his book on the Great War service of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. This is published by Helion. 

Ep159 – The 2nd Inniskillings at Festubert, 1915 – Michael Nugent

Michael Nugent talks about his recent book into the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the 1915 Battle of Festubert. This is published by Reveille Press. 

Ep158- The German Zeppelin Offensive and Propaganda – David Marks

David Marks about his recent book on the German Zeppelin Offensive as documented in propaganda, postcards and pictures. This has been published by Pen & Sword.

Ep157 – Responses of Irish Jesuits to the end of WW1 – Damien Burke

Damien Burke, archivist at the Irish Jesuit Archives, talks about his research into the responses of Irish Jesuits to the end of WW1.

Ep156 – The Indian Army in the GW – Dr Adam Prime

Dr Adam Prime, lecturer in the Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford, talks about his research into the Indian Army during the Great War.