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A podcast hosted by Dr Tom Thorpe on all aspects of the Great War from the UK"s leading First World War history society The Western Front Association (www.westernfrontassociation.com).

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Ep47 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Dr Spenser Jones

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2018/01/22

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep46 – Photographing the Fallen – Jeremy Gordon-Smith

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2018/01/15

Tweet 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. Tweet

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52:16

Ep45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories...

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2018/01/08

Tweet 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. Tweet

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

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2017/12/11

Tweet 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. Tweet

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25:32

Ep43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay

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2017/12/04

Tweet 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.). Tweet

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

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2017/11/27

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart

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2017/11/20

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair

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2017/11/13

Tweet 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 members before meeting and marrying Charles’ grandfather Charles Fair after a whirlwind romance in 1917. Tweet

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Ep39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter

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2017/11/06

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and...

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2017/10/30

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during...

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2017/10/23

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John...

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2017/10/16

Tweet 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). Tweet

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

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2017/10/09

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden

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2017/10/02

Tweet Psychiatrist and medical historian Dr Stefanie Linden discusses her new book on the diagnosis and treatment of shellshock by doctors in Britain and Germany (published by Helion and Co.). Tweet

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Ep33 – The “Spanish Flu” Pandemic 1917-19 – Dr Jane Orr

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2017/09/25

Tweet Medical doctor and historian Dr Jane Orr talks to the podcast about the “Spanish Flu” pandemic which killed up to 100 million people across the world between 1917 and 1919. Tweet

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Ep32 – Brigadier General Frank Crozier – Charles...

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2017/09/18

Tweet Historian Charles Messenger discusses his biography of controversial solider Franck Crozier; Brigadier in the Great War, Inspector General of the Lithuanian Army and Commander of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the War of Irish Independence. Tweet

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Ep31 – Women in Britain and Europe during the Great...

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2017/09/11

Tweet Historian and author Dr Vivien Newman (http://firstworldwarwomen.co.uk/about.html) talks about the role and experience of women in Europe and Britain during the First World War. Tweet

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Ep30 – Joseph Steward’s Platoon – Andy Robertshaw

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2017/09/04

Tweet Military historian Andy Robertshaw talks about the amazing account of Private Joseph John Steward’s military service in the 1/13 Battalion London Regiment during the Great War he edited (published by Pen & Sword, 2011). Tweet

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Ep29 – Commemoration of the Great War in Ireland – Dr...

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2017/08/28

Tweet Dr Chris Manson talks on ‘Commemoration of WW1 in Ireland’. This talk was given to Antrim and Down branch of the WFA in 2016. The normal routine of interviews will begin after the summer break. Tweet

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Ep28 – Military Recruitment in Ireland, 1916 – Dr...

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2017/08/21

Tweet Dr William Butler (University of Kent) talks on ‘Can you any longer resist the call?’ Military Recruiting in Ireland, 1916. This was part of the branch’s Somme Conference held in October 2016. The normal routine of interviews will begin after the summer break. Tweet

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