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Tales from the Battlefields

by Terry Whenham

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A War Horse Story – Monchy Le Preux – April 1917

October 23, 2026 · 54 min

In this episode we visit the Arras battlefield and discover the story of a cavalry attack in April 1917. We learn how the Northampton Yeomanry raced across open ground into a storm of artillery and machine gun fire. We tell the story…
The 2026 ABF Frontline Walk

October 16, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

In this episode we follow the Army Benevolent “Frontline Walk” from the Somme to Ypres. Over 50 people walked 100K from the Lochnager Crater to the Menin Gate, via Vimy Ridge, to raise funds for this charity. Along the way, we discover…
Beneath Flanders Fields with Simon Verdegem

October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

In this episode Battlefield Archaeologist Simon Verdegem talks about how he discovered the remains of Captain Henry Walker on the Ypres battlefield, 101 years after his death. How did he find him? How was he identified? What did the…
A Tour of the Ypres Salient: Messines Crater, Talbot House and the Wipers Times

October 1, 2026 · 54 min

In this episode we travel to Ypres and visit some of the mine craters on the Messines Ridge. What did we discover? We find out through my eyes and the eyes of the soldiers who were there in June 1917. We then visit Talbot House in…
Woodbine Willie and A Victoria Cross – My Son My Son No Reward Can Be Too Great

September 22, 2026 · 57 min

In this episode we learn about the famous Chaplain Woodbine Willie and how he buried the 2 Crutchley brothers who had died together during a trench raid. Who was he and how did he provide comfort to the bereaved parents back home? And we…

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Killed on a Quiet Day in the Trenches

September 10, 2026 · 51 min

In this episode we discover the tragic stories of 2 soldiers, one from London and one from Australia, who both died from the effects of German trench mortar fire. But not during a famous battle. These were incidents that happened during a…
A Walk around the Menin Gate

September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

This episode was recorded at the Menin Gate in Ypres last week. We look at the stories of several soldiers remembered on the memorial; Boer War veterans who fell in action on Halloween 1914, during the 1st Battle of Ypres. And we look at…
The Story of 2 Soldiers from the Opposite Ends of the World at Passchendaele

August 28, 2026 · 44 min

In this week’s episode we travel to the Passchendaele battlefield and discover previously untold stories about 2 boys from the opposite ends of the world, who were killed in action in this infamous battle. Neil Newsum was a bespectacled…
When Heroes Die – The Story of a School Cricket Match

August 18, 2026 · 53 min

On 18th July 1914, a school cricket match was played in Holt, North Norfolk. By the end of the Great War, 11 of the 24 players who took part were dead, victims of the Great War. This is their story. We follow the story of 2 brothers who…
Jack and Noel – From Scrum to Sacrifice with Lewis Moody

August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

In this episode we travel to Twickenham, the home of English Rugby, to meet up with the families of 2 England Rugby internationals who died together, on the same day, 9th August 1916 at Guillemont on the Somme battlefield. The families had…
The Story of a Chaplain on the Western Front – Kenelm Swallow

August 4, 2026 · 42 min

In this episode we look at the incredible story of a man who gave up his job as a Rector in a village church to serve on the Western Front. Kenelm Swallow arrived on the Somme battlefield in the mud of November 1916. We follow his journey…
Lives Changed Forever by the Great War

July 27, 2026 · 51 min

In this episode we discover what happened to the veterans after the guns had stopped firing. We find out that their suffering continued for decades, and, in some cases, caused their death years later. We hear the words of Joseph Pickard of…

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About the show

Podcast telling the unheard stories of men who served on the Western Front during World War 1. Listen to the stories of soldiers told by Terry Whenham, battlefield guide and researcher. I have been researching these stories for over 20 years and can now share incredible experiences of ordinary men and women. Who were these soldiers? How did they die? What is their legacy? How do we remember them?