Paul Reed

Questions and Answers Episode 37 In this WW1 Q&A episode, we explore the lives and social backgrounds of British Army officers, ask whether First World War veterans hated their German enemies, and share the rema…

New Old Front Line #podcast Q&A episode out now:

- Who were the officers in the British Army in #WW1?
- Did British veterans really hate their enemy?
- Why did some men re-enlist after discharge?
- Is interest in the Great War fading on the battlefields today?

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The book cover features a truck convoy of celebrating soldiers, and an endorsement from historian Jonathan F. Vance: “The Taking of Vimy Ridge is essential reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of First World War photography.

Coming Soon! The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, explores the life and works of a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs. Preorder now at
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A blue-grey box with a Red Cross on it, which reads: "BLOOD TRANSFUSION SET."

The hematologist Oswald H. Robertson pioneered the idea of "blood banks" in WWI by packing glass jars of citrated blood from universal donors in an ice-filled chest that he had constructed from ammunition cases. He convinced countless others to donate blood during the war.

Remembering the Forgotten Front What was the “Forgotten Front” of Northern France? In this episode, we explore the stretch of battlefield from Armentières on the Belgian border through La Bassée to the ground near Loos,…

Remembering the Forgotten Front: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social for the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos we make an overview of the 'Forgotten Front' in Northern France and discover the history, landscape and stories of those who fought there.

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That time of the month for decent coffee and a read of the new @wssmagazine.bsky.social.

Oh thanks! I hope to go and see the new Gallery sometime soon!

How fascinating! Thanks for sharing.

@sommecourt.bsky.social These are the buttons and the “lost” soldier mentioned by Nicki in your war detectives episode that I was kindly pointed to.

Soldiers Cameron Highlanders shoulder badge and two buttons.

Soldiers grave

Soldiers headstone

The Newcastle Tramways buttons that were instrumental in identifying him, Great Uncle Gordon finally be laid to rest, wonderful service/experience. 110 years, to the day, of his death. Lost but now found. #WWI #Loos #History

Loos 1915 in a Day In this episode, we feature another Battlefield In A Day and visit the area around the Northern French coal-mining village of Loos-en-Gohelle where the Battle of Loos was fought in September-Octobe…

#Loos110: It's the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Loos which took place #OTD in 1915. Discover more about the battle with this episode of @oldfrontline.bsky.social with a new one on the Forgotten Front coming this weekend.

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Thanks to all who joined us for a @oldfrontline.bsky.social Podcast Supporters evening where @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social joined us for an excellent talk about the Battle of Loos in 1915 - with the 110th Anniversary tomorrow, very apt!

Fascinating to see that!

The Cenotaph in Trinity, Newfoundland, Canada. A moving tribute to those lost while serving with the Royal Navy and in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. @sommecourt.bsky.social

Thanks, Alan! I very much enjoy doing these!

Questions and Answers Episode 36 In our first QnA Episode for Season 9 we look at what happened to the German forces when the guns went silent on 11th November 1918, discuss the use of poison gas and it’s legacy on the battl…

Questions & Answers Episode 36: in the latest
@oldfrontline.bsky.social we answer questions about what happened to German forces at the end of the war, how the dead were buried, poison gas and the fate of all those War Horses at the close of the conflict.
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Walking the Somme: Gommecourt In our first episode of Season 9, we walk the northern part of the Somme battlefield from Foncquevillers out to the ground before Gommecourt, and examine the attack here by the 46th (North Midland)…

In our first episode for Season 9 of @oldfrontline.bsky.social we walk the battlefield at Gommecourt, looking at the fighting here on 1st July 1916.

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Sorry for your loss, mate.

Every year on the Arnhem Anniversary I take this book off the shelves and give it a read: it’s one of my favourite memoirs of the battle, and I love the Prologue too and the introduction by Hackett, who I was lucky to meet several times.

#Arnhem81: today in 1944 Operation Market Garden began. The Air Armada took elements of three Airborne divisions deep into enemy territory and filled the skies as men dropped between Eindhoven & Arnhem, as seen in these private photos of the time.

Walking the Somme: Gommecourt In our first episode of Season 9, we walk the northern part of the Somme battlefield from Foncquevillers out to the ground before Gommecourt, and examine the attack here by the 46th (North Midland)…

In our first episode for Season 9 of @oldfrontline.bsky.social we walk the battlefield at Gommecourt, looking at the fighting here on 1st July 1916.

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Season 9 of @oldfrontline.bsky.social begins tomorrow with a walk at Gommecourt on the Somme. Lots more coming this season!

Description Object description Field Marshal Montgomery visits the Canadian First World War memorial at Vimy Ridge, 8 September 1944. Object Details Category Photographs Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (content) Creator Morris, John D.L. No. 5 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit Production date 1944-09-08 Materials whole: Nitrate Catalogue number BU 760 Part of WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

Where #WW1 met #WW2 - Field Marshal Montgomery visits the Canadian First World War memorial at Vimy Ridge #OTD in 1944. Monty had served at Vimy in 1916 as a Staff Officer.

Good find! The Great War is all around us!

Bonus Episode: The Menin Gate at Night In our third and final Bonus Episode that brings Season 8 to a close, we have a live recording from the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, recorded while out leading a battlefield tour a few weeks ago. …

In our final Bonus Episode from Season 8 of Old Front Line #podcast we visit the Menin Gate at Night. Season 9 begins in a week's time.

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Thanks, Alan! There certainly will be some more!

The young soldier is Ron Short, who I knew. He was born in 1895 and had joined the Royal Sussex in 1914 before being commissioned in 1917. MC at Ypres.

Thanks to all who joined me for an Old Front Line #Podcast Supporters Evening talk about images of the Battle of Arras tonight. Great to see so many present!

Hopefully there will be some more!

Bonus Episode: A Siege Battery Gunner In this second Bonus Episode to end Season 8 of the podcast we look at the subject of Great War veterans and in particular Malcolm Vyvyan who served as a Siege Battery officer in the Royal Garrison…

In this second Bonus Episode to end Season 8 of Old Front Line #podcast we look at the subject of Great War veterans: in particular Malcolm Vyvyan who served as a Siege Battery officer in the Royal Garrison Artillery on the Somme, Arras & in Flanders.

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Two wound stripes, yes, and the ribbon of the 1914 or 1914/15 Star.