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  • 136: The story of the 8th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

    136: The story of the 8th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
    2025/06/25
    In this episode we once again travel to the Somme battlefield and discover the story of the 8th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the first day of the battle. We discover their story in their own words, rather than the history books. We find out what it was like to be stranded in No Man’s Land for several days, whilst being sniped at by German marksmen. And how a Mother, whose son had been killed, received his Military Medal from the King when he visited their home town of Hull in 1917.
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    56 分
  • 135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

    135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme
    2025/06/19
    In this episode we talk to historian and battlefield guide Beth Moore about her local battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Why were they ordered to carry out a diversionary attack? What did they experience on that awful day? What happened to them in No Man’s Land? And Beth’s passionately defends their Commanding Officer who was blamed for the disaster that occurred.
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    1 時間 7 分
  • 134: The Boys of Bethune

    134: The Boys of Bethune
    2025/06/12
    In this episode we travel to the town of Bethune in Northern France to discover the stories of the men that died in a Casualty Clearing Station and are now at rest here. We find the final resting place of an NCO who was murdered by 2 of his men, who were executed for their crime and then buried a few hundred yards away from their victim. And who was the Indian soldier buried in Bethune who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1914. We also find out why a medic’s original grave marker remains in place today, rather than a Portland headstone. And much more too.
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    40 分
  • 133: Leeds Pals at Serre

    133: Leeds Pals at Serre
    2025/06/04
    In this episode we travel from the Yorkshire Moors to the Somme battlefield at Serre to discover the story of the Leeds Pals. Who were these men? Why is their training ground now a special place for them? We look at the extraordinary bravery of their young Officers and Other Ranks on the first day of this infamous battle, and read a letter written by the sister of a 16 year old Boy Soldier, begging him to return home. In amongst the Officers who fell that die, we tell the story of 2 successful sportsmen. And we discover what happened when the Pals returned to Serre in 1935.
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    1 時間 6 分
  • 132: The Forgotten Village of Erquinghem-Lys

    132: The Forgotten Village of Erquinghem-Lys
    2025/05/27
    In this episode we travel to a small village near the French/Belgium border to discover some forgotten stories. We discover the tragic stories of 2 Australians buried here and how a Northampton man foretold his own death, leaving his 2 young daughters orphaned. And discover the incredible action of a Yorkshireman who was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving the lives of many comrades here. We also find a memorial to Military Chaplain David Railton, as it was in Erquinghem that he had the idea of the “Unknown Warrior.
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    46 分
  • 131: The Dead of Dochy Farm at Ypres

    131: The Dead of Dochy Farm at Ypres
    2025/05/12
    In this episode we discover the stories of the Commonwealth soldiers buried in Dochy Farm Cemetery on the Ypres battlefield. Who were they? What was their story? And how was one Officer identified decades after he was buried in the cemetery? Who was the footballer buried there who scored the winning goal in the FA Cup Final? And we discover how I felt when I walked Hill 60 at dusk. And we listen to the voices of a male voice Choir singing beneath the names of the missing at the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme.
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    58 分
  • 130: Distance and Time –Forgotten Stories from Ypres and the Somme

    130: Distance and Time –Forgotten Stories from Ypres and the Somme
    2025/04/30
    In this episode we look at the concept of distance and time in relation to the fallen of the Great War. And how the act of remembrance affects our emotions today. To do this we look at the fortunes of Ilston Stevenson’s parents after he disappeared whilst on patrol and was never seen again. We discover what it was like for a German soldier to be subjected to terrible artillery bombardment and how it killed a young man from Stuttgart. And we listen to the testimony of a Prisoner of War who returned home with both feet amputated and later died. And how did the parents of an fallen Australian soldier continue to remember their son who is on the Menin Gate, a long way from home in both “time and distance”? And we discover the ruins of a long forgotten Chateau on the Somme that was a German medical facility.
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    51 分
  • 129: A Personal Pilgrimage to the Western Front

    129: A Personal Pilgrimage to the Western Front
    2025/04/22
    In this episode we travel to the Western Front following in the footsteps of 3 “ordinary” soldiers. We discover how a Welshman carried out a brave action that saw him awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and how another 2 men were killed in action, one in the mud of Passchendaele and the other during the last few days of the war. And we also follow the story of the parents of a young soldier who visited his grave in 1919 and how they secured his original wooden grave marker 5 years later. What did it mean to them? We reveal the emotional feelings and experiences of these people from the past.
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    54 分