Military History

I’ve been passionate about military history since I started reading my Dad’s Commando war comics as a kid. It has become a bit of an addiction ever since. In this section you will find my podcasts on WW1, with an Australian theme, as I travel the Anzac battlefields in France & Belgium.
Recovering the dead from World War One

Recovering the dead from...

  Interview with Steve Arnold who works for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission based in Arras, France. He is in charge of the exhumation and recovery of [...]

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Gareth Hardware, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Arras in France

Gareth Hardware, Commonwe...

Originally published on Sacred Tours Listen Notes 14 of January 2020 Gareth Hardware is the Deputy Director for France with the CWGC. He's speaking about the [...]

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Professor Peter Doyle, Dig Hill 80 burials at Wytschaete Cemetery, Belgium

Professor Peter Doyle, Dig...

Originally published on Sacred Tours Listen Notes 8 November 2019 Interview with Professor Peter Doyle. Prof Doyle is a military historian who worked in the Dig [...]

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Rosemary & Jim Blake interview at Belgium

Rosemary & Jim Blake int...

Originally published on Sacred Tours Listen Notes 8 November 2019 This is an interview with Rosemary and Jim Blake from New Zealand. They are talking about how [...]

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Jeffrey Van Kesbelque Interview

Jeffrey Van Kesbelque...

Originally published on Sacred Grounds Tour Listen Notes 8 November 2019 Interview with Jeffrey Vankesbeulque who operates an excavator in Belgium. His machine [...]

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Johan Vandewalle Brothers-In-Arms Memorial

Johan Vandewalle Brothers...

Originally published on Sacred Grounds Tour Listen Notes 8 November 2018 Interview with Belgian amateur archaeologist Johan Vanderwalle who is building a memorial [...]

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