Back When | History Podcast

General Wolfe | The Battle of Culloden


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General James Wolfe, the 'boy solider' who joined the military at 14 fought in one of Britain's bloodiest battles while he was still a teenager.
Historian James Grasby visits Wolfe’s childhood home to find out what would shape him into becoming a soldier at such a young age and delves into his involvement in The Battle of Culloden in Scotland in 1746.

If you’d like to hear about The Battle of Culloden from another perspective, listen to this episode from National Trust for Scotland: Lord George Murray with Murray…–Love Scotland: Stories of Scotland's History and Nature – Apple Podcasts  

Production 
Presenter: James Grasby 
Producer: Claire Hickinbotham 
Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez 

Contributors 
Ghazala Jabeen – National Trust, Quebec House 
Freddie Matthews – Historian and Cultural Heritage Curator 
Stephen Brumwell – History writer - brumwellhistory.com 

Discover more 
You can visit General Wolfe’s childhood home, Quebec House │ Kent | National Trust, which was renamed in his honour after his victory at The Battle of Quebec. See where he grew up, Henrietta’s cookbook, and the robe with which his body is thought to have been brought back to Britain. 

You can also visit the battlefield at Culloden | National Trust for Scotland 

If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story idea you'd like to hear, you can contact us at [email protected] 

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