The Old Front Line

Somme Anniversary


Listen Later

On the Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, this Somme Extra looks at some of the background to 1st July 1916, we take a walk from outside Albert to La Boisselle and Mash Valley, visiting Ovillers Military Cemetery. The podcast includes a recording of Liverpool Pal Ted Williams, made in the 1980s, and our object this week is a group photograph connected to the story of 1st July 1916.

Send us a text

Support the show

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Old Front LineBy Paul Reed

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

169 ratings


More shows like The Old Front Line

View all
History Extra podcast by Immediate Media

History Extra podcast

3,231 Listeners

The History of WWII Podcast by Ray Harris Jr

The History of WWII Podcast

3,980 Listeners

The WW2 Podcast by Angus Wallace

The WW2 Podcast

1,223 Listeners

Dan Snow's History Hit by History Hit

Dan Snow's History Hit

4,729 Listeners

Battles of the First World War Podcast by Mike Cunha

Battles of the First World War Podcast

670 Listeners

Cold War Conversations by Ian Sanders

Cold War Conversations

454 Listeners

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk by Goalhanger

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

1,356 Listeners

History of the Second World War by Wesley Livesay

History of the Second World War

571 Listeners

Footsteps of the fallen by Matt Dixon

Footsteps of the fallen

29 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

13,541 Listeners

Tales from the Battlefields by Terry Whenham

Tales from the Battlefields

12 Listeners

Battleground by Goalhanger

Battleground

331 Listeners

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle Guide Production by Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front! | A Battle Guide Production

111 Listeners

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire | A Battle Guide Production by Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire | A Battle Guide Production

82 Listeners

The Rest Is Classified by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Classified

904 Listeners