Battles of the First World War Podcast

New Ypres League member Rosie Barron joins the podcast to discuss her work as part of the Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre, aka the MOD War Detectives. 
 
Join us for a fascinating conversation with someone whose daily work is to help identify the missing and unknown soldiers of the Great War and beyond. 
 
Note: This podcast was recorded on August 20th, 2026, the day after news broke that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Harry and Meghan) would be moving back to the UK, so that's why the references to them are in there. 
 
Other podcasts on the New Ypres League:
 
What is the New Ypres League?
 
Ypres Day 2026
 
Demarcation Stones Fundraiser
 
 
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www.newypresleague.com



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Battles of the First World War Tours, part of the BFWWP, is excited to offer two WW1 battlefield tours for summer 2027:
 
Meuse-Argonne 
July 01 - 07, 2027
A journey through the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the largest military operation conducted by the United States in its history. 
 
Aisne-Marne 
July 07 - 13, 2027
A journey through the Aisne-Marne Offensive, aka the 2nd Battle of the Marne, where the American Expeditionary Force served as part of the international force that stopped the Germans. 
 
Contact the Battles of the First World War Tours team via email at verdunpodcast@gmail.com.
 
Join us in walking in the footsteps of the Doughboys, and together we will honor their memory in an experience you will not forget. 
 
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New Ypres League member Christopher Sims joins the podcast to discuss his four decades of working for the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) as the Senior Cemetery Associate for World War I Flanders Field American Cemetery, in Waregem, Belgium. During his career with the ABMC, Christopher also authored a reference work titled "The Soldiers of the American Military Cemetery Flanders Field." 
 
Join us for a conversation on preserving the memory of the American fallen in Flanders Fields. 
 
ABMC's web page for Flanders Fields American Cemetery



Find out more about the New Ypres League in this episode:
 
The New Ypres League with Roger Steward & Prof Mark Connelly
 
Please consider joining the New Ypres League and supporting remembrance efforts:
 
www.newypresleague.com




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Lady Lucy French, great granddaughter of BEF commander Field Marshal Sir John French, Roger Steward, Chairman and co-founder of the New Ypres League, Ypres Battlefield Tours guide, and author, join the podcast to discuss the Ypres Day commemoration events scheduled for the weekend encompassing the 31st of October, 2026. 



Please consider joining the New Ypres League and supporting remembrance efforts:
 
www.newypresleague.com



If you're in Ypres, Belgium, contact Roger for tour details -
 
Ypres Battlefield Tours: www.ypresbattlefieldtours.be



The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. 
 
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Following the discussion of German plans for their next great offensive, we turn now to French and Allied plans to meet this next attack. 
 
Allied Supreme Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch and French Army commander GEN Philippe Pétain intended to respond to this next attack differently: as soon as the Germans overextended themselves, a swift Allied counterattack would follow. 
 
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