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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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Ep27 – Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the...

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2017/08/15

Tweet Ian Montgomery, Co-chair, Antrim and Down WFA branch, talks on ‘Thoroughbred Irishmen: Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the First World War’. This lecture was given at conference between the WFA and the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland on military traditions in Ireland. Tweet

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Ep26 – Beyond the Somme – West Belfast’s Somme...

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2017/08/07

Tweet Professor Richard Grayson (Goldsmiths, University of London) talks on ‘Beyond the Somme: West Belfast’s Somme service in context’. This was a lecture given at the 2016 Somme conference held by the Antrim and Down WFA branch in October 2016. Tweet

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Ep25 – Major General Nugent, the Ulster Division and...

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2017/07/31

Tweet Nicholas Perry talks on ‘After the battle: Nugent, the Ulster Division and their Army commanders in 1916’. This was a lecture given at the 2016 Somme conference held by the Antrim and Down WFA branch in October 2016. Tweet

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Ep24 – The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April...

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2017/07/24

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep23 – The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of...

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2017/07/18

Tweet 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. (more…) Tweet

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Ep22 – Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project...

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2017/07/10

Tweet 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. Model of the Donegall Pass area, south Belfast, as it was in 1914. Model, different angle Tweet

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Ep21 – Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof...

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2017/07/08

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep20 – Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler

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2017/07/03

Tweet 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). Tweet

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Ep19 – Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore

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2017/06/26

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

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Ep18 – Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd

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2017/06/19

Tweet 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). Tweet

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Ep17 – Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr...

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2017/06/12

Tweet 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. Tweet

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

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2017/06/07

Tweet 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. Tweet

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Ep15 – The Island of Ireland and the Great War in...

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2017/06/05

Tweet 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’. Piet Chielens, Coordinator of the In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, Belgium Tweet

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Ep14 – General Fox Conner and the American...

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2017/05/29

Tweet Steven Rabalais talks about his biography of General Fox Conner (published by Casemate) who was the American Expeditionary Force during the Great War and was a mentor to Dwight Eisenhower in the 1920’s. Further information can be found at www.generalfoxconner.com. Fox Conner at Staff College, 1910 Tweet

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Ep13 – The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East...

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2017/05/22

Tweet Beverly Jones, from Peterborough Archives Service, talks about the research into two visitors’ books from a tea stall run by the Women’s United Total Abstinence Council on Peterborough East Railway Station during 1916 and 1917. Tweet

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Ep12 – The Diary of a Belgian Priest – 1917 with the...

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2017/05/15

Tweet Dominiek Dendooven, from the In Flanders Fields museum, discusses the recently published 1917 diary of Belgian priest Achiel Van Walleghem, who was based near Ypres behind the British lines (Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd). Tweet

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Ep11 – Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists in the...

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2017/05/08

Tweet Luci Gosling, from the Mary Evans Picture Library, discusses a talk she gave to the WFA’s AGM in Newcastle on cartoons, cartoonists and the Great War. Tweet

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Ep10 – Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr...

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2017/05/01

Tweet Dr Stephen Miles discusses battlefield tourism on the Western Front based on his new book The Western Front : Landscape, Tourism and Heritage, published by Pen & Sword. Tweet

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Ep9 – Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – Dr Samantha...

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2017/04/28

Tweet Dr Samantha Philo-Gill discusses her new book on the formation, role and legacy of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (published by Pen & Sword). Tweet

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Ep8 – The Great War’s influence on popular music – Dr...

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2017/04/24

Tweet Dr Peter Grant discusses how the Great War has shaped and provided inspiration for modern pop bands, heavy metal and contemporary classical music. Tweet

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