Tales from the Battlefields
di Terry Whenham
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194: One Day During the 100 Day Offensive – 23rd August 1918
194: One Day During the 100 Day Offensive – 23rd August 1918
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Podcast telling the unheard stories of men who served on the Western Front during World War 1. Listen to the stories of soldiers told by Terry Whenham, battlefield guide and researcher. I have been researching these stories for over 20 years and can now share incredible experiences of ordinary men and women. Who were these soldiers? How did they die? What is their legacy? How do we remember them?
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- 194: One Day During the 100 Day Offensive – 23rd August 1918 · 44 min · Episodio 194In this episode we travel to the 1918 battlefield and discover how the Australians cleared St Martin’s Wood, between Amiens and Albert, in bitter hand to hand fighting. We follow…
- 193: A War Horse Story – Monchy Le Preux – April 1917 · 54 min · Episodio 193In this episode we visit the Arras battlefield and discover the story of a cavalry attack in April 1917. We learn how the Northampton Yeomanry raced across open ground into a…
- 192: The 2026 ABF Frontline Walk · 1 h 1 min · Episodio 192In this episode we follow the Army Benevolent “Frontline Walk” from the Somme to Ypres. Over 50 people walked 100K from the Lochnager Crater to the Menin Gate, via Vimy Ridge, to…
- 191: Beneath Flanders Fields with Simon Verdegem · 1 h 5 min · Episodio 191In this episode Battlefield Archaeologist Simon Verdegem talks about how he discovered the remains of Captain Henry Walker on the Ypres battlefield, 101 years after his death…
- 190: A Tour of the Ypres Salient: Messines Crater, Talbot House and the Wipers Times · 54 min · Episodio 190In this episode we travel to Ypres and visit some of the mine craters on the Messines Ridge. What did we discover? We find out through my eyes and the eyes of the soldiers who…
- 189: Woodbine Willie and A Victoria Cross – My Son My Son No Reward Can Be Too Great · 57 min · Episodio 189In this episode we learn about the famous Chaplain Woodbine Willie and how he buried the 2 Crutchley brothers who had died together during a trench raid. Who was he and how did…
- 188: Killed on a Quiet Day in the Trenches · 51 min · Episodio 188In this episode we discover the tragic stories of 2 soldiers, one from London and one from Australia, who both died from the effects of German trench mortar fire. But not during…
- 187: A Walk around the Menin Gate · 1 h 7 min · Episodio 187This episode was recorded at the Menin Gate in Ypres last week. We look at the stories of several soldiers remembered on the memorial; Boer War veterans who fell in action on…
- 186: The Story of 2 Soldiers from the Opposite Ends of the World at Passchendaele · 44 min · Episodio 186In this week’s episode we travel to the Passchendaele battlefield and discover previously untold stories about 2 boys from the opposite ends of the world, who were killed in…
- 185: When Heroes Die – The Story of a School Cricket Match · 53 min · Episodio 185On 18th July 1914, a school cricket match was played in Holt, North Norfolk. By the end of the Great War, 11 of the 24 players who took part were dead, victims of the Great War…
- 184: Jack and Noel – From Scrum to Sacrifice with Lewis Moody · 1 h 8 min · Episodio 184In this episode we travel to Twickenham, the home of English Rugby, to meet up with the families of 2 England Rugby internationals who died together, on the same day, 9th August…
- 183: The Story of a Chaplain on the Western Front – Kenelm Swallow · 42 min · Episodio 183In this episode we look at the incredible story of a man who gave up his job as a Rector in a village church to serve on the Western Front. Kenelm Swallow arrived on the Somme…
- 182: Lives Changed Forever by the Great War · 51 min · Episodio 182In this episode we discover what happened to the veterans after the guns had stopped firing. We find out that their suffering continued for decades, and, in some cases, caused…
- 181: The Bicker Boys and the Living Ghosts of the Battlefields · 52 min · Episodio 181In this episode we discover the stories of the boys, and a woman, from a small Lincolnshire village who died in the Great War. We read an emotional final letter to his wife from…
- 180: Somme Success on 1st July 1916 · 39 min · Episodio 180In this episode we mark the 110th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme by following the successful advance by 6th Northamptonshire’s on that infamous day. How…
- 179: An Australian Pilgrimage to the Western Front · 1 h 18 min · Episodio 179In this episode the follow the story of 6 soldiers, 5 who died and 1 who returned home to Melbourne, across the Western Front. We listen to the words of Australian veterans as…
- 178: The 6th Airborne Division in Normandy with Neil Barber · 56 min · Episodio 178In this episode we talk to historian and author Neil Barber about the 6th Airborne Division. We discuss the men that landed on D Day and how Neil got to know them and discover…
- 177: Massacre at the Ardenne Abbey – June 1944 · 48 min · Episodio 177In this episode we visit the garden of an ancient Abbey near Caen in Normandy, the scene of the murder of 20 Canadian soldiers in the days following D Day in June 1944. Who were…
- 176: The Tyneside Scottish on the 1st Day of the Somme · 1 h 3 min · Episodio 176In this episode we travel to La Boisselle and follow the fortunes of the Tyneside Scottish volunteers on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. Who were these…
- 175: 4 Stories from the Great War · 49 min · Episodio 175In this episode we discover the story of Lt Charles Potts, Tunnelling Officer at the Birr Cross Roads beneath the Menin Road near Ypres. Wounded in both legs, awful shell shock…
