Valour

By Richard Boalch

Discover forgotten leaders, battles, heroes and villains on the Valour podcast.

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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.

Valour episodes:

April 02, 2025 The Man With The Donkey
John Simpson is a Gallipoli Legend. Rich and Dave explore the story, the campaigns to award Simpson the VC, the growth of the legend after Simpsons death and more recently the decline of that legend.
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31min
March 31, 2025 The Tale of Roland Sheen
Today we break from our normal program to bring you a tale from the cold war. Roland was a warrior!
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4min
March 30, 2025 Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar
19 May 1915 Albert Jacka staged a one man counter attack at Courtney's Post that may have saved the ANZAC beachhead from collapsing. His actions earned him Australia's first Victoria Cross for World War 1. Jackas story did not end in Gallipoli as he went on to numerous epic feats of bravery on the Western Front.
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15min
March 25, 2025 Six VC's before Breakfast
April 25th 1915 The French conduct a diversionary attack at Kum Kale on the Asian side of the Dardanelle's In support of the main British attack at Cape Helles. Strong Turkish defences exact a heavy toll particularly on the Irish regiments at V Beach. Dogged determination sees the British establish a foothold but, just like ANZAC Cove. the high ground is beyond their reach.
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18min
March 23, 2025 A Legend is Born
before dawn on April 25th 1915 Australian and New Zealand troops land at a beach that will soon be known as ANZAC Cove. The landing place is a kilometre North of the intended landing place. The ANZACS fight up the steep terrain and suffer 2000 casualties on the first day. Turkish counter attacks have left the ANZACS in a perilous position.
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19min
March 18, 2025 Answering the Call
Volunteers from Australia and New Zealand answer the call to fight for King and Country. They embark on the largest convoy to leave Australian waters up to that time. A change of destination sees them diverted to Egypt for training and then to the Greek Island of Lemnos

"It's a long way to Tipperary" Written by Jack Judge Performed by Albert Farrington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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16min
March 16, 2025 The Deadly Narrows
First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill champions a plan to force the narrows using sea power only. Turkish forts and sea mines had other ideas. The British and French suffer a humiliating defeat which costs them 3 Battleships with further losses during the subsequent land campaign. Although there are some successes for submarines. It soon becomes clear that the Narrows won't be forced by sea alone.
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15min
March 11, 2025 Romancing The Sick Man
The Ottoman Empire was in decline but it still held strategic land assets impacting supply routes to Russia and the Suez Canal. This made The Ottomans a vital strategic ally for all Major Powers. In this episode Rich and Dave explore the Geopolitical events that led to the sick man choosing his dance partner for world war 1.
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14min
March 09, 2025 The Battle of the Cocos Islands
HMAS Sydney was escorting the convoy carrying the ANZAC Corp. A strange telegraph message is received from a remote telegraph station. What follows is a naval engagement that a nation can be proud of. Perhaps more importantly the troops are kept safe on their journey to Egypt.
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16min
March 03, 2025 Open Warfare
Rich and Dave provide a roundup of the battles of 1914 to Early 1915. This a summary to provide listeners some context before we start covering Australian Actions in World War 1.
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16min

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How many episodes does Valour have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.