Walking the Somme: The Devonshire Cemetery
Publisher |
Paul Reed
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Military
Warfare
World War I
Categories Via RSS |
History
Publication Date |
Sep 04, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:44:30

After the fighting at Mametz on 1st July 1916, the Devonshire Regiment buried their dead in an old disused trench among the trees of Mansel Copse. Here the 'Devonshires Held This Trench, The Devonshires Hold It Still'. In this episode, we walk the ground at Mametz and discover the stories of three men: a poet who loved the countryside, a former spy who made a model of the battlefield, and a young man who had traveled the world. 

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