Category: Military History
Episodes of The Family Histories Podcast featuring the topic of war and service in armed forces, whether land, air, or sea, and regardless of side and era.
See also:
- American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- Battle of Waterloo (1815)
- The German Revolution (1848)
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Irish Civil War (1923-1922)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Battle of Midway (1942)
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S10EP09 – ‘The Captured’ with Natalie Mayhew and Prof. Walter Busuttil
Andrew meets Natalie Mayhew and hears about a man who spent 5 years as a Prisoner of War, and they’re joined by Prof. Walter Busuttil of Combat Stress.
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S10EP01 – ‘The Seaman’ with Dr. Wanda Wyporska
Host Andrew meets Dr. Wanda Wyporska, who tells him about her seaman Gt Grandfather, and they’re looking for a couple in Barbados…
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S09EP04 – ‘The Valiant’ with John Boeren
Andrew meets John Boeren, who tells him of a brave ancestor with a complicated relationship with fire.
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S08EP05 – “The Marine” with Richard Holt
Andrew meets genealogist Richard Holt and hears why he turned pro, then hears about a marine whose mental health suffers, before looking for Mr Brooks of Bledlow.
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S08EP03 – ‘The Collier’ with Adam Simpson-York
Host Andrew meets researcher postman Adam Simpson-York and hears how he reunites heirlooms, a coal miner who goes to war, and a mystery man in London.
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S07EP06 – ‘The Brother’ with Scott Fisher
Host Andrew meets Extreme Genes’ host Scott Fisher and hears how his uncle’s naval service affected him. Plus, we’re looking for C19th ancestor who abandons his family.
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S07EP04 – ‘The Résistant’ with Marie Cappart
Andrew meets Belgian genealogist Marie Cappart and hears about an Aunt who was a member of the Belgian Resistance, and they’re looking for clues to a 16th Century man’s baptism.
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S07EP01 – ‘The Aunt’ with Jackie Kohnstamm
Host Andrew meets author Jackie Kohnstamm who tells him about her beloved aunt, and they’re looking for a cousin who escaped the Nazis to Yorkshire.
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S06EP07 – ‘The Loyalist’ with James Danter
Andrew meets professional archaeologist James Danter and hears about a fighting solicitor, and a missing WWI service record.
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S06EP04 – ‘The Accused’ with Sven Grewel
Where Andrew meets Sven Grewel and hears about a man accused of a crime in Nazi Germany, and a 30 year war brick wall.
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S05EP02: ‘The Righteous’ with Michal Razus
Andrew meets Slovak genealogist Michal Razus and hears about a man who saves a Jew from the Holocaust, and there’s a Slovak man missing in 1940’s Manhattan.
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S04EP07: ‘The Reunited’ with Simon Last
Andrew meets professional genealogist, Simon Last, who tells the story about researching his mother’s biological parents, and we’re looking for a Victorian lady whose father has plenty of names.