Activity report for the Mentioned in Dispatches podcast, February 2017 to end of December 2020.

Since February 2017 to end of December 2020, 189 episodes of the podcast have been broadcast.

Between the launch of the podcast on 13 February, 2017 and the end of December 2020, podcast episodes have been downloaded 346,741 times.

To date (31 December 2020), we have had 129,330 complete downloads and 217,411 partial downloads.

The average number of downloads per programme is 1,833. The activity over the last four years is shown below.

The popularity of all programmes broadcast to date is set out below.

Episode number	Title and speaker	Release date	Hits
188	Ep188 – Military Identities of British conscripts – Joshua Bilton	14/12/2020	725
187	Ep187 – The Police during WW1 – Dr Mary Fraser	07/12/2020	808
186	Ep186 – Folkestone harbour in WW1 – Peter Anderson	30/11/2020	749
185	Ep185 – Anzacs on the WF – Dr Meleah Hampton	23/11/2020	1149
184	Ep184 – Irish servicewomen during WW1 – Dr Barbara Walsh	16/11/2020	436
183	Ep183 – The unknown story of the Unknown Warrior – David Scott	09/11/2020	922
182	Ep182 – Indian Empire at War – George Morton Jack	02/11/2020	950
181	Ep181 – The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 – Dr David Murphy	26/10/2020	969
180	Ep180 – 9th Royal Scots in the GW – Neill Gilhooley	19/10/2020	952
179	Ep179 – German POWs on Cannock Chase – Richard Pursehouse	12/10/2020	1385
178	Ep178 – Irish recruitment in the GW – Dr Tim Bowman, Dr Michael Wheatley & Dr William Butler	05/10/2020	1037
177	Ep177 – Law and War in Australia during WW1 – Dr Catherine Bond	28/09/2020	1000
176	Ep176 – 1 million rounds from a Vickers’ gun in 12 hours: myth or truth? Dr Rich Willis & Richard Fisher	21/09/2020	1517
175	Ep175 – Australian POWs during WW1 – Dr Aaron Pegram	14/09/2020	1050
174	Ep174 – Ypres and its meaning through time – Prof Mark Connelly & Dr Stefan Goebel	07/09/2020	1695
173	Ep173 – The Chemists’ War 1914-18 – Dr Michael Freemantle	10/08/2020	1722
172	Ep172 – Sevenoaks in the Great War – Matthew Ball	03/08/2020	1288
171	Ep171 – The 58th (London) Division – David Martin	27/07/2020	1107
170	Ep170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during WW1 – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia	20/07/2020	1199
169	Ep169 – The Sandringham Company – Neil Storey	13/07/2020	1321
168	Ep168 – Operation Alias – David Tattersfield	06/07/2020	1103
167	Ep167 – Women as Veterans in post-WW1 France and Britain – Prof. Alison Fell	29/06/2020	1005
166	Ep166 – Washington in the GW – Peter Welsh	22/06/2020	1320
165	Ep165 – The Great War Centenary Battlefields programme – Simon Bendry	15/06/2020	1021
164	Ep164 – The First Gurkha Officer – Pratap Chhetri	08/06/2020	1761
163	Ep163 – Tom Barry – British WW1 soldier to IRA leader – Gerry White	01/06/2020	1288
162	Ep162 – Combat, identity and power in the Indian Army during WW1 – Prof. Kate Imy	25/05/2020	1321
161	Ep161 – Civilian Internment in WW1 – Prof Matthew Stibbe	18/05/2020	1310
160	Ep160 – The 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in FWW – Nigel Atter	11/05/2020	1239
159	Ep159 – The 2nd Inniskillings at Festubert, 1915 – Michael Nugent	04/05/2020	1376
158	Ep158- The German Zeppelin Offensive and Propaganda – David Marks	27/04/2020	1386
157	Ep157 – Responses of Irish Jesuits to the end of WW1 – Damien Burke	20/04/2020	1192
156	Ep156 – The Indian Army in the GW – Dr Adam Prime	13/04/2020	1476
155	Ep155 – London during WW1 – Prof. Jerry White	06/04/2020	1504
154	Ep154 – Rugbians at War – Dan Mclean	30/03/2020	1584
153	Ep153 – The 66th (East Lancs) Division During the German Spring Offensive – David Martin	23/03/2020	1195
152	Ep152 – Defence of Trinity College during the Easter Rising – Dr Rory Sweetman	16/03/2020	1160
151	Ep151 – Desertion in the UK during WW1 – Andrea Hetherington	09/03/2020	1607
150	Ep150 – War without End – Prof. Sir Hew Strachan	02/03/2020	1866
149	Ep149 – The Amritsar Massacre – Vanessa Holburn	24/02/2020	1440
148	Ep148 – The First and the Last of the Sheffield City Bn – John Cornwell	17/02/2020	1532
147	Ep147 – Officer Cadet Battalions – Charles Fair	10/02/2020	1356
146	Ep146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White	03/02/2020	1160
145	Ep145 – Stories from the Bo’ness War Memorial – Alan Gow & Robert Jardine	27/01/2020	1491
144	Ep144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T	20/01/2020	758
143	Ep143 – Veterans, Families, Museums and Mementos of the FWW – Dr Ann-Marie Foster	13/01/2020	1146
142	Ep142 – The Battle of the Somme Film – Dr Toby Haggith	06/01/2020	1536
141	Ep141 – The Heugh Battery in the Great War – Diane Stephens	09/12/2019	1663
140	Ep140 – Who Killed Kitchener? – David Laws	02/12/2019	2107
139	Ep139 – Bilsdale in the Great War – Susan Laffey	25/11/2019	1629
138	Ep138 – The Indian Labour Corps in WW1 – Pratap Chhetri	18/11/2019	1689
137	Ep137 – The letters of Douglas Haig and Hugo De Pree – Prof. Gary Sheffield	11/11/2019	1363
136	Ep136 – Food in the trenches – Dr Rachel Duffett	04/11/2019	2268
135	Ep135 – North East Coastal Communities during the Great War – Dr Michael Reeve	28/10/2019	1468
134	Ep134 – Bainsfather’s ‘Other ‘ole’ cartoon – Dr Helen Brooks & Dr Pip Gregory	21/10/2019	1939
133	Ep133 – African American Servicemen during WW1 – Dr Amanda Nagel	14/10/2019	2209
132	Ep132 – A Lord Lieutenant at War – Dr Richard Batten	07/10/2019	1459
131	Ep131 – The 51st Highland Division – Colin Campbell	30/09/2019	3273
130	Ep130 – Sex on the Western Front – Dr Bruce Cherry	23/09/2019	2641
129	Ep129 – Sabaton’s Great War Album – Pär Sundström	16/09/2019	1854
128	Ep128 – Serbia in the Great War – Dr Samuel Foster	09/09/2019	2956
127	Ep127 – The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion – Emile Coetzee	02/09/2019	2481
126	Ep126 – The First World War in Computer Games – Dr Chris Kempshall	05/08/2019	3641
125	Ep125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia	29/07/2019	3046
124	Ep124 – Archibald Wavell – William Franklin	22/07/2019	2778
123	Ep123 – British veterans’ responses to Peace Day, 19 July 1919 – Mike Hally	15/07/2019	2515
122	Ep122 – The Welsh Walter Mitty – Marietta Crichton Stuart	08/07/2019	2853
121	Ep121 – Communications and British Operations on the Western Front – Dr Brian Hall	01/07/2019	2955
120	Ep120 – Popular responses to the outbreak of WW1 – Prof Catriona Pennell	24/06/2019	3228
119	Ep119 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Wenlan Peng	17/06/2019	3394
118	Ep118 – British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 – Dr Chris Kempshall	10/06/2019	4628
117	Ep117 – Post War Mutinies in the British Army – Dr William Butler	03/06/2019	3577
116	Ep116 – The Connaught Rangers Mutiny in 1920 – Dr Mario Draper	27/05/2019	3422
115	Ep115 – English infantryman’s morale and the perception of crisis on the Western Front – Dr Alex Mayhew	20/05/2019	4346
114	Ep114 – Chaplains and religion on the Western Front – Dr Martin Purdy	13/05/2019	2856
113	Ep113 – The Ulster Division during the German Spring Offensive – Michael Nugent	06/05/2019	3008
112	Ep112 – Humour in British literature during the Great War – Dr Emily Anderson	29/04/2019	2994
111	Ep111 – L/Cpl Wijnand “Vic” Hamman, 2nd South African Regt – Emile Coetzee	22/04/2019	2508
110	Ep110 – British Territorials in India – Prof Peter Stanley	15/04/2019	2457
109	Ep109 – Operation Delta – Dr Bill Stewart	08/04/2019	2356
108	Ep108 – Nobody of Any Importance – Phil Sutcliffe	01/04/2019	2613
107	Ep107 – The Berlin Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestras in WW1 – Percy Leung	25/03/2019	2688
106	Ep106 -The Impact of the First World War on Australian-British relations – Dr Jack Davies	18/03/2019	2630
105	Ep105 – Researching British Officers in WW1 – Prof. Michael Durey	11/03/2019	2660
104	Ep104 – The Salonika Front – Alan Wakefield	04/03/2019	2572
103	Ep103 – The impact of military service for women who served in WW1 – Jane Clarke	25/02/2019	2388
102	Ep102 – British Infantry Training during WW1 – Harry Sanderson	18/02/2019	3200
101	Ep101 – The Treatment of Mentally Ill Irish Ex-servicemen After WW1 – Dr Michael Robinson	11/02/2019	2441
100	Ep100 – Reflections on the Great War Centenary and Historiography – Prof. Peter Simkins	04/02/2019	2374
99	Ep99 – The German Army in 1918 – Jack Sheldon	28/01/2019	2973
98	Ep98 – Australian Corps Operations during the Hundred Days – Richard Stobo	21/01/2019	2685
97	Ep97 – Witnessing the End of the German Occupation of Brussels,1918 – Prof Tammy Proctor	14/01/2019	2270
96	Ep96 – Lawrence of Arabia – Dr John Peaty	07/01/2019	2871
95	Ep95 – The Rise of Sir William Robertson – Ross Beadle	17/12/2018	3549
94	Ep94 – The Great War Pension Record Cards – David Tattersfield	10/12/2018	2697
93	Ep93 – Willie Redmond MP – John Green	03/12/2018	2697
92	Ep92 – Public School Great War Memorials – Sarah Wearne	26/11/2018	2355
91	Ep91 – The morale of the Italian army in WW1 – Dr Vanda Wilcox	19/11/2018	2458
90	Ep90 – The Portuguese Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Miguel Freire	12/11/2018	2531
89	Ep89 – Civilian Volunteers during WW1 – Dr Sally White	05/11/2018	2895
88	Ep88 – The 10th (Irish) Division – Dr Stephen Sandford	29/10/2018	2505
87	Ep87 – Conscientious Objectors in WW1 – Gerry Barton	22/10/2018	2653
86	Ep86 – Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-23 – Prof. Richard Grayson	15/10/2018	2070
85	Ep85 – Women of Aktion – female activists in the German 1918 Revolution – Prof. Ingrid	08/10/2018	2302
84	Ep84 – The British Army on the Western Front in 1916 – Dr Spencer Jones	01/10/2018	3790
83	Ep83 – Wilfred Owen – Dr Kate Kennedy	27/09/2018	2957
82a	Ep82a – Extra Episode – The Capture of the Riqueval Bridge – Jim Tanner	24/09/2018	3505
82	Ep82 – Force Feeding in WW1 – Dr Ian Miller	17/09/2018	1836
81	Ep81 – ‘Haig’s tower of strength’ – General Sir Edward Bulfin – John Powell	10/09/2018	2292
80	Ep80 – The Landing in the Dawn – dissecting the Anzac Gallipoli legend – Dr James Hurst	03/09/2018	3252
79	Ep79 – Uppingham public school during WW1 – Tim Halstead	27/08/2018	2264
78	Ep78 – The Second British Army during the Liberation of Flanders in 1918 – Dr Dennis Williams	20/08/2018	2555
77	Ep77 – The Third Battle of the Aisne 1918 – David Blanchard	13/08/2018	2585
76	Ep76 – Canadian nurses’ Great War narratives – Andrea McKenzie	06/08/2018	2210
75	Ep75 – Tubby Clayton – Dr Linda Parker	30/07/2018	2180
74	Ep74 – The British Tommy in 1918 – Taff Gillingham	23/07/2018	3230
73	Ep73 – Learning to fight – Military innovation in the British Army in WW1 – Dr Aimee Fox	16/07/2018	2567
72	Ep72 – British POWs in Germany during WW1 – Dr Oliver Wilkinson	09/07/2018	2626
71	Ep71 – From Docks and Sand – The 7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment in WW1 – Dr Adrian Gregson	02/07/2018	2276
70	Ep70 – The Last Battle – Endgame on the Western Front 1918 – Peter Hart	25/06/2018	2428
69	Ep69 – The German 1918 Spring Offensives – Dr Jonathan Boff	18/06/2018	3015
68	Ep68 – The British Manpower Crisis of 1918 – Dr Alison Hines	11/06/2018	2616
67	Ep67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley	04/06/2018	2177
66	Ep66 – The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu – Kenneth C. Davis	28/05/2018	2087
65	Ep65 – Major Discoveries on the Western Front – David Tattersfield	21/05/2018	2132
64	Ep64 – The London Irish in the Great War – Richard O’Sullivan	14/05/2018	1993
63	Ep63 – Blockade, economic warfare and the use of hunger during the Great War – Sir Hew Strachan	07/05/2018	2069
62	Ep62 – King George V during the Great War – Alexandra Churchill	30/04/2018	2359
61	Ep61 – D.H. Lawrence and the Great War – Dr Andrew Humphries	23/04/2018	1972
60	Ep60 – Wherever the firing line extends – Ronan McGreevy	16/04/2018	1444
59	Ep59 – British Widows of the First World War – Andrea Hetherington	09/04/2018	1806
58	Ep58 – Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker	02/04/2018	1847
57	Ep57 – The Great War Contribution of the Punjabi village of Dulmial, Pakistan – Dr Irfan Malik	26/03/2018	1764
56	Ep56 – Resisting Conscription: the Appeals Tribunals in Middlesex – Carol Henderson	19/03/2018	1971
55	Ep55 – Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria – Dr Jonathan Boff	12/03/2018	1798
54	Ep54 – The Confessions of a Battlefield Tour Guide – Clive Harris	05/03/2018	1966
53	Ep53 – Nannies and the Great War – Louise Heren	26/02/2018	1607
52	Ep52 – Cambridge Communities in the Great War – Joanna Costin	19/02/2018	1484
51	Ep51 – The Wirral in the Great War – Stephen Roberts	12/02/2018	1672
50	Ep50 – The London Regiment before the Great War – Charles Fair & Tom Thorpe	05/02/2018	2562
49	Ep49 – The 48th Division, 1908-1918 – Dr K.W. Mitchinson	29/01/2018	1554
48	Ep48 – The Hindenburg Line – Clive Harris	22/01/2018	1995
47	Ep47 – The Chinese Labour Corps – Dr Spenser Jones	15/01/2018	1654
46	Ep46 – Photographing the Fallen – Jeremy Gordon-Smith	08/01/2018	1799
45	Ep45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard Grayson	11/12/2017	973
44	Ep44 – The Yanks are Coming! The AEF in WW1 – John Lee	04/12/2017	2247
43	Ep43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay	27/11/2017	1523
42	Ep42 – What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? – Charles Barrington	20/11/2017	436
41	Ep41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart	13/11/2017	1581
40	Ep40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair	04/11/2017	1220
39	Ep39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter	30/10/2017	1389
38	Ep38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France – Dr Vivien Newman	23/10/2017	1414
37	Ep37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1 – Dr Andrew Bamji	16/10/2017	1521
36	Ep36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John Rigby-Jones	09/10/2017	1448
35	Ep35 – The Doughboys, 1917-8 – Michael St Maur Sheil	02/10/2017	1367
34	Ep34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden	25/09/2017	1340
33	Ep33 – The “Spanish Flu” Pandemic 1917-19 – Dr Jane Orr	18/09/2017	1534
32	Ep32 – Brigadier General Frank Crozier – Charles Messenger	11/09/2017	1186
31	Ep31 – Women in Britain and Europe during the Great War – Dr Vivien Newman	04/09/2017	1208
30	Ep30 – Joseph Steward’s Platoon – Andy Robertshaw	28/08/2017	1120
29	Ep29 – Commemoration of the Great War in Ireland – Dr Chris Manson	21/08/2017	859
28	Ep28 – Military Recruitment in Ireland, 1916 – Dr William Butler	15/08/2017	834
27	Ep27 – Black Watch volunteers in Dublin before the First World War – Ian Montgomery	07/08/2017	247
26	Ep26 – Beyond the Somme – West Belfast’s Somme service in context – Prof Richard Grayson	31/07/2017	941
25	Ep25 – Major General Nugent, the Ulster Division and their army commanders in 1916 – Nicholas Perry	24/07/2017	1044
24	The First Battle of the Scarpe (Arras) April 1917 – Jim Smithson	18/07/2017	1190
23	The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence – Paul O’Brien	10/07/2017	1004
22	Donegall Pass Heroes of the Great War Project – Ron McMurray	08/07/2017	809
21	Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert	03/07/2017	1151
20	Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler	26/06/2017	1065
19	Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore	19/06/2017	971
18	Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd	12/06/2017	1300
17	Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr Peter Hodgkinson	07/06/2017	1131
16	The Myths of the Irish at Messines – Dr Tim Bowman	06/05/2017	913
15	The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders – Piet Chielens from In Flanders Fields Museum	29/05/2017	703
14	General Fox Conner and the American Expeditionary Force in WW1 – Steven Rabalais	22/05/2017	988
13	The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East Station	15/05/2017	822
12	The Diary of a Belgian Priest – 1917 with the British in Ypres – Dominiek Dendooven	08/05/2017	891
11	Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists in the Great War – Luci Gosling	01/05/2017	723
10	Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr Stephen Miles	28/04/2017	981
9	Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – Dr Samantha Philo-Gill	24/04/2017	826
8	The Great War’s influence on popular music – Dr Peter Grant	05/04/2017	755
7	Irish Soldiers in 1917 – Philip Pratley	05/04/2017	1040
6	British Staff in 1917 – Dr Paul Harris	05/04/2017	899
5	French tanks in 1917 – Dr Tim Gale	05/04/2017	707
4	The Honourable Artillery Company in 1917 – Michael Orr	01/03/2017	836
3	Stately Homes and Cartoons in WW1	13/02/2017	793
2	Mentioned in Dispatches Ep2 from the Western Front Association	13/02/2017	963
1	Mentioned in Dispatches Ep.1 from the Western Front Association	13/02/2017	1200

The Kensingtons Blog

Social history, combat motivation, the 1/13 London Kensingtons and proselytising history

Activity report for the Mentioned in Dispatches podcast, February 2017 to end of December 2020.