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The Old Front Line is a free weekly podcast from Military Historian, Paul Reed. Travel with him acro

31/05/2025

Live From the Arras Memorial: In this episode we explore the Arras Memorial to the Missing and the stories of WW1 soldiers from the Army, Royal Naval Division, and Flying Services. Then walk through Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, visiting key graves—including men Shot at Dawn.

In this episode we travel to the Arras Memorial to the Missing, where we explore the powerful story of over 35,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave. In this episode, we un…

25/05/2025

The Arras Memorial to the Missing: the latest Old Front Line video exploring some of the stories here is now online.

Join us as we explore the Arras Memorial to the Missing, a powerful tribute to over 35,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave. This poigna...

24/05/2025

Questions and Answers Episode 30: In this episode we discuss the improvised gas masks used by British and Commonwealth soldiers in 1915, the advancement in medical treatment during the Great War, whether soldiers were told in advance about the explosion of mines on the battlefield and the use of soldiers packs in WW1.

In this episode we discuss the improvised gas masks used by British and Commonwealth soldiers in 1915, the advancement in medical treatment during the Great War, whether soldiers were told in advan…

17/05/2025

Forgotten Memoirs of the Great War Part 1. In this episode we start a look at some of the Forgotten Memoirs of the First World War, starting with Percy Croney's 'Soldiers Luck' published in the mid-1960s. Croney was a 1914 volunteer who served with the Essex Regiment and Scottish Rifles at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, being wounded several times and taken prisoner in March 1918. We ask what the value of memoirs like this are to our understanding of the Great War.

In this episode we start a look at some of the Forgotten Memoirs of the First World War, starting with Percy Croney’s ‘Soldiers Luck’ published in the mid-1960s. Croney was a 1914…

10/05/2025

Questions and Answers Episode 29. In this episode of podcast listeners questions we ask: what Great War items would you take to a Desert Island, how was cause of death accurately reported or not by the military authorities, how did men on the front line get news of other fronts and their own, and were truces to bury the dead common on the Western Front?

In this episode of podcast listeners questions we ask: what Great War items would you take to a Desert Island, how was cause of death accurately reported or not by the military authorities, how did…

03/05/2025

The Other Trench: with Philipp Cross. In a special Trench Chat we speak to Philipp Cross who has written a superb book about his great-great grandfather's war as an officer in the German Army. Alexander Pfeifer served from the very beginning until the very end of the conflict on three fronts, and we discover how Philipp researched and wrote the book, and what it tells us about the Great War.

In a special Trench Chat we speak to Philipp Cross who has written a superb book about his great-great grandfather’s war as an officer in the German Army. Alexander Pfeifer served from the ve…

26/04/2025

Questions and Answers Episode 28. In this episode we ask were there any 'Thankful Villages' in France where everyone came home, what was 'Camp Elisabeth' at Verdun as visited by Professor Richard Holmes in the 1990s, did Great War soldiers experience any spiritual or paranormal activity on the battlefields and how did the presence of British and Commonwealth soldiers impinge on life behind the lines in France.

In this episode we ask were there any ‘Thankful Villages’ in France where everyone came home, what was ‘Camp Elisabeth’ at Verdun as visited by Professor Richard Holmes in t…

20/04/2025

Walking Ypres: The Lille Gate. In our latest Old Front Line video we travel here and visit Ramparts Cemetery and the Rose Coombs Walk.

Discover the powerful history of the First World War through the story of the Lille Gate in Ypres, one of the key access points to the Ypres Salient. In this...

19/04/2025

Sambre Canal: Lock No 1. In this episode we travel to the last major battlefield of the Great War on the Western Front - the Sambre Canal. Here we follow the story of the infantry and the engineers who attacked the Canal on 4th November 1918, including the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. We also see what remains of the battlefield today.

In this episode we travel to the last major battlefield of the Great War on the Western Front – the Sambre Canal. Here we follow the story of the infantry and the engineers who attacked the C…

14/04/2025

Walking Ypres: The Ramparts. In the latest Old Front Line film we look at what The Ramparts were and what their role was in the Great War.

Recorded in March 2024 while the Menin Gate was still under renovation, in this film we understand what The Ramparts are, and what their role was in the Grea...

12/04/2025

Questions and Answers Episode 27: Our questions and answers in this episode look at what happened to trench systems when they met a road, was the Battle of the Somme a victory, how France remembers the Great War, and the role of the Army Service Corps in the conflict.

Our questions and answers in this episode look at what happened to trench systems when they met a road, was the Battle of the Somme a victory, how France remembers the Great War, and the role of th…

05/04/2025

Ypres: The Menin Road. Continuing our journeys along the roads which crisscross the landscape of the Western Front, we travel to Flanders in Belgium, and take the old Roman road between the city of Ypres and the town of Menin which follows the story of four years of conflict here in the First World War.

Continuing our journeys along the roads which crisscross the landscape of the Western Front, we travel to Flanders in Belgium, and take the old Roman road between the city of Ypres and the town of …

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