John Adams Letters from the Front

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John Adams Letters from the Front episodes

May 13, 2017 May 1917
John returns to the Western Front in May 1917.
8 min
April 06, 2017 April 1917
No letters from John this month, so just a short history section on the 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers.
5 min
March 13, 2017 March 1917
John is still in Ireland, but is about to go back to France. We also discuss some new evidence about […]
9 min
February 06, 2017 February 1917
Only one letter this month – complaining about the wet in Newtownards. We also have Part 2 of our interview […]
14 min
January 04, 2017 January 1917
John finally gets to leave Tipperary for somewhere closer to home – Newtownards. We also have Part 1 of an […]
11 min
December 10, 2016 November-December 1916
John getting ready for a long Christmas in Tipperary
7 min
October 31, 2016 October 1916
Letters from John, still recovering from his hand wound at Tipperary, and from Jeannie.
9 min
September 29, 2016 September 1916
No letters from John Adams this month, but three postcards from his older sister Jeannie who was a domestic servant […]
7 min
August 29, 2016 August 1916
The effects of the 1st day of the Somme as felt at home. And John Adams back in Ireland, closer […]
7 min
July 26, 2016 July 1916
This podcast looks at the momentous events of the 1st July 1916, back at Hamel. Then shifts to the contrast […]
17 min

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