Episodes

  • Legasee: The Veterans' Voice
    Aug 4 2024

    In the last episode of the current series I talk to the founder of Legasee, an organisation that films and archives interviews with British military veterans from the Second World War to the present day...

    Legasee website link: http://www.legasee.org.uk/

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    38 mins
  • Jackie Moggridge: Trailblazing Aviatrix and World War Two Pilot
    Jun 23 2024

    Jackie Moggridge learnt to fly at 15, flew over 1500 aircraft during the war and went on to become a successful commercial pilot. This is her story...

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    13 mins
  • Joseph R Beyrle: US paratrooper who fought in Normandy and later on the Eastern Front with the Red Army
    Jun 16 2024

    Joseph R. Beyrle is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the United States Army and the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Hear how this happened...

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    21 mins
  • Tom Dobney: the 15 year old World War Two RAF pilot
    Jun 9 2024

    Lying about your age to enlist in time of war was not unusual, but to go on and pilot an aircraft on bombing missions almost beggars belief. Listen to Tom Dobney's incredible story....

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    10 mins
  • Pegasus Bridge: The First Action of D Day 1944
    Jun 2 2024

    As we approach the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, this is the often overlooked story of the first action of that day, the 6th June 1944.


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    16 mins
  • The Murder of Captain Fryatt
    May 26 2024

    In 1916 a British Merchant Steam Ship's Captain tried to avoid being captured by a German U-boat whilst in the North Sea. He succeeded but paid the ultimate price a year later. This is his story....

    See some photographs on the Facebook page 'Lest We Forget Podcast'

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    19 mins
  • The 'King' of Lampedusa
    May 19 2024

    In June 1943, a British RAF pilot was forced to land on the Italian island of Lampedusa. There he encountered a garrison of over 4,000 Italian soldiers. What happened next was later turned into a play and musical...


    See a map of the key locations on the Facebook page 'Lest We Forget Podcast'

    Any questions or comments please get in touch by:
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    10 mins
  • The Hundred Years War
    May 12 2024

    A medieval conflict that gave us some of Shakespeare's greatest calls to arms, the origin of our patron saint's day, the story of Joan of Arc and the dominance of an English weapon, the Longbow.

    See a map of the relevant places on our Facebook page: Lest We Forget Podcast

    Any questions or comments please get in touch by:
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    19 mins