John Cornwell talks about his book on the first recruit and last survivor of the 12th Battalion, Yorks and Lancs Regiment (Sheffield City Battalion). This is published by Pen & Sword.
Distant Thunder The Journal of the Irish Branches of The Western Front Association, No.3.
I wrote a short article in the latest edition of Distant Thunder Issue 3.
Ep147 – Officer Cadet Battalions – Charles Fair
Charles Fair talks about his research into Officer Cadet Battalions during the Great War.
Ep146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White
Kathryn White, a PhD history student at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, talks about her doctoral research into religion and the YMCA in WW1.
Ep145 – Stories from the Bo’ness War Memorial – Alan Gow & Robert Jardine
Alan Gow and Robert Jardine about their book (written with Richard Hannah) on the lives and war serviceof the men who commemorated on the Bo’ness War Memorial, West Lothian.
Ep144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T
Tony T, Oral Historian and Producer from Sweet Patootee productions, talks about a historical documentary he made with colleagues interviewing former black veterans who served in the British West Indies Regiment during the Great War and who witnessed their Regiment’s involvement in the mutiny at Taranto, Italy, in December 1918 (Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mutiny-Rianna-Scipio/dp/B07K1JHJTW).
Ep143 – Veterans, Families, Museums and Mementos of the FWW – Dr Ann-Marie Foster
Dr Anne-Marie Foster, Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, talks about her research investigating the ethical, legal and policy questions around families donating WW1 items of former veterans to museums.
Ep142 – The Battle of the Somme Film – Dr Toby Haggith
Dr Toby Haggith, Senior Curator, Department of Second World War and Mid-20th Century Conflict, Imperial War Museum, talks about his research into the 1916 Battle of the Somme Film.
Ep141 – The Heugh Battery in the Great War – Diane Stephens
Diane Stephens, Manager of the Heugh Battery Museum (http://www.heughbattery.co.uk/) about the battery and its role in WW1.
Ep140 – Who Killed Kitchener? – David Laws
Former cabinet minister and MP, David Laws about his latest book, Who Killed Kitchener?, examining the life and death of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener. This is published by Biteback publishing.