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:

March 03, 2025 The July Crisis
1914, The Kings of England, Russia and Germany are cousins who grew up together and attended each other's weddings. These family ties were not enough to stop the machinery of war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo.
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17min
February 24, 2025 Restless Empires
German Unification and subsequent industrialisation upset the European order. The Austro-Hungarian Empire struggles keep itself together while Balkan states emerge and fight for their own place in the world. Europe lurches from crisis to crisis waiting for that one flame to reach the powder keg.
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21min
February 20, 2025 Carrying the Torch
Rich and Dave discuss the most influential figures to emerge from the Boer War and how they shaped the twentieth century and beyond.
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16min
February 12, 2025 The Lost Legion
550 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British stand their ground against 2500 - 3000 Boers on a small kopje at Elands River. Was this the birthplace of the ANZAC spirit?
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19min
February 10, 2025 Colenso - A VC Story
4 VCs won retrieving the lost guns of Colenso. The death of a Field Marshall’s son leads to changes in the rules for posthumous awards.
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18min
February 02, 2025 Rescue One Nine Oh One
James Rogers rescues his lieutenant under fire, then rescues two soldiers under fire then rescues 2 horses under fire. Rogers served in Gallipoli and went on to be one of our longest surviving VC winners.

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13min
January 21, 2025 Scapegoats or Murderers?
Australian soldiers face an English Court Martial charged with murdering Boer prisoners of war, Dutch teachers and a German missionary. In episode seven Rich and Dave debate the case that remains controversial to this day.

Was the execution of Breaker Morant and Perter Handcock justified or were they scapegoats for the British Empire's dirty war?

Recommended reading Peter Fitzsimons - Breaker Morant
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19min
January 17, 2025 Ultimate Fighting Cavalryman
Another Boer War VC another dramatic horse borne rescue under fire? Well yes and no. Leslie Maygar backed up his Boer War heroics with service throughout WW1. A key role at Gallipoli, a DSO at the 2nd battle of Gaza. Maygar was the ultimate cavalry officer. Commanding the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, Maygar was killed by one of the technologies which would soon spell the end of horse mounted cavalry on the battlefield.
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18min
January 12, 2025 Service and Sacrifice in the Wards
Nellie Gould was an experienced matron who organised NSW first overseas nursing contingent. Serving in the Boer War and First World War she revolutionised military nursing. Frances Hines made the ultimate sacrifice in South Africa caring for her patients until too sick to continue.
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19min
January 10, 2025 Coer-de-Lion
Frederick Bell started his working life as customs clerk in Perth. He then followed a career in the military and colonial office that saw him wounded in combat twice, awarded the VC and progress through the ranks from private to Lieutenant Colonel running military logistics out of Plymouth. He angered a lion on a hunt which almost killed him but in the end it was the British Lion that turned on him for telling the truth at the Masai enquiry.
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37min

FAQs about Valour:

How many episodes does Valour have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.