Mentioned in Dispatches

Ep74 – The British Tommy in 1918 – Taff Gillingham

Historian and First World War expert Taff Gillingham delivers a lecture on the British soldier in 1918. This talk was given at the WFA’s York Conference on 7th July 2018.

Ep73 – Learning to fight – Military innovation in the British Army in WW1 – Dr Aimee Fox

Dr. Aimee Fox, Lecturer in Defence Studies at King·s College London, talks about her new book Learning to Fight. This looks at military innovation in the British Army during the First World War and is published by Cambridge University Press.

Ep72 – British POWs in Germany during WW1 – Dr Oliver Wilkinson

Dr Oliver Wilkinson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about his recent book titled British Prisoners of War in First World War Germany published by Cambridge University Press.

Ep71 – From Docks and Sand – The 7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment in WW1 – Dr Adrian Gregson

Dr Adrian Gregson talks about his recent book, From Docks and Sand, Southport and Bottle·s Battalion, the 7th King·s Liverpool Regiment, in the First World War, published by Helion and Co.

Ep70 – The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918 – Peter Hart

Historian Peter Hart about his new book The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918, published by Profile books.

Ep69 – The German 1918 Spring Offensives – Dr Jonathan Boff

Dr Jonathan Boff, University of Birmingham, gives a lecture on the German Spring Offensives which happened from March to July in 1918; this talk was given at the WFA’s 7th President’s Conference in Birmingham on 2 June 2018.

Ep68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr Alison Hines

Dr Alison Hines, gives a lecture on the British Manpower Crisis of 1918; this talk was given at the WFA’s 7th President’s Conference in Birmingham on 2 June 2018.

Ep67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley

Anne Buckley (@skiptonpow), Lecturer in Translation Studies and German at Leeds University, talks about translating memoirs of a group of German officers imprisoned in Skipton in World War I.

Ep66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu – Kenneth C. Davis

Author Kenneth C. Davis ( @kennethcdavis ) talks about his latest book on the hidden history of the Spanish Flu during World War 1, published by Henry Holt.

Ep65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David Tattersfield

WFA trustee David Tattersfield talks about his detective work in France to determine the identities of two majors buried in graves marked unknown, who were both killed in the German Spring offensive on the River Aisne in May 1918.

Ep64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard O’Sullivan

Richard O’Sullivan, Assistant Curator at the London Irish Rifles Association, talks about the London Irish battalions of the London Regiment during the Great War.

Ep63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of hunger during the Great War – Sir Hew Strachan

Sir Hew Strachan, patron of the WFA and Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, delivers a lecture on blockade, economic warfare and the use of starvation during the Great War. This lecture was recorded at the WFA’s AGM in London last month.

Ep61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew Humphries

Dr Andrew Humphries, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, talks on D.H. Lawrence during the Great War and his recent book D. H. Lawrence, Transport and Cultural Transition: ‘A Great Sense of Journeying’ (published by Palgrave Macmillan).

Ep60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy

Irish Times Journalist Ronan McGreevy about his book Wherever the Firing line Extends, published by the History Press Ireland. This book examines the legacy of the 23 Irish memorials to fallen men on the Western Front. In the podcast, Ronan talks about documentary he made that looks at the Irish involvement in the 1917 campaign. Details of where to watch this film can be found at https://www.vimeo.com/240740894 (Password: flanders)....

Ep59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea Hetherington

Andrea Hetherington talks about her new book British Widows of the First World War (published Pen and Sword).

Ep58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker

Dr Linda Parker talks about her new book (published by Helion and Co) on Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, better known as Woodbine Willie, during his service as an Army Chaplain in the Great War.

Ep57 – The Great War Contribution of the Punjabi village of Dulmial, Pakistan – Dr Irfan Malik

GP Dr Irfan Malik talks about his research into the Great War contribution of his ancestral village of Dulmial, which is located in the Punjab area of Pakistan....

Ep56 – Resisting Conscription: the Appeals Tribunals in Middlesex – Carol Henderson

Doctoral candidate Carol Henderson talks about her research into the military appeals tribunals in Middlesex where men sought to gain exemption from conscription and military service during the Great War.

Ep55 – Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria – Dr Jonathan Boff

Dr Jonathan Boff, University of Birmingham, discusses his latest book Haig’s Enemy on Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria during the Great War on the Western Front (published by OUP).

Ep54 – The Confessions of a Battlefield Tour Guide – Clive Harris

Military historian and guide Clive Harris talks about his 20 years of experiences as a battlefield tour guide taking parties of people around sites in France and Flanders.

Ep53 – Nannies and the Great War – Louise Heren

Author and historian Louise Heren talks about her book on Nannies and the Great War (published by Pen and Sword).

Ep52 – Cambridge Communities in the Great War – Joanna Costin

PhD candidate Joanna Costin talks about her research into the Cambridgeshire communities in the Great War. Joanna was one of six doctoral students who were recipients of the WFA PhD scholarship grant scheme that is designed to further academic research and understanding into the First World War.

Ep51 – The Wirral in the Great War – Stephen Roberts

Ep50 – The London Regiment before the Great War – Charles Fair & Tom Thorpe

Historian Charles fair and host Tom Thorpe survey the character, traditions and quirks of the 28 infantry battalions of the London Regiment prior to the Great War.

Ep49 – The 48th Division, 1908-1918 – Dr K.W. Mitchinson

Dr Bill Mitchinson talks about his latest book on the 48th (South Midland) Division from 1908 to 1919 (published by Helion & Co.)

Ep48 – The Hindenburg Line – Clive Harris

Military historian and battlefield guide Clive Harris, Director of Battle Honours, discusses the Hindenburg Line during the First World War.

Ep47 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Dr Spenser Jones

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.

Ep46 – Photographing the Fallen – Jeremy Gordon-Smith

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....

Ep45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard Grayson

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.

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

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.