Welcome to the website!

During the COVID lockdown I decided to try my hand at podcasting and published the first epiode of Footsteps of the Fallen. I was amazed at how the podcast took off and now some 4 1/2 years later the podcast is going strong. My passion is looking beyond the fighting and telling the personal stories of the men who served and died during the Great War.

While many of the areas we cover in the podcast may be familiar, I always try and add in an anecdote or snippet of information that adds something new. I’m a copious note writer and over the past 30 years have filled dozens of notebooks from my visits to the cemeteries and memorials, and it’s this information source that adds so much to the podcast.

I have a real love for getting boots on the ground and walking the battlefields, as well as visiting the cemeteries and memorials of the Great War. My real area of interest is the 1915 battles of Artois, especially the Battle of Festubert, which will be the subject of my next book.

On the website you will find links to a blog, a gallery which contains supporting images and maps for each podcast episode, a link to my Great War ephemera page, the podcast library, recommended reading, and as we go forwards more new and interesting pages.

You can follow me on social media on either Twitter (footsteps_pod), on Bluesky as @footstepspod.bsky.social or on Instagram (footstepsofthefallenblog). Links to these are below.

https://twitter.com/footsteps_pod

@footstepspod.bsky.social

I hope that you enjoy the website and its content.

If there’s something you’d love to hear on the podcast, have some feedback, or would simply like a chat about all things Great War then please drop me a line via the contact pages above.

It’s a pleasure to have your company………