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True Blue History - Richard Van Emden: Britain's Last Tommies

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2021-06-07 20:30:00
Description:

British author and television documentary producer, Richard van Emden, interviewed over 270 Great War veterans over a period of twenty years. Richard’s book, Britain’s Last Tommies, records the men’s stories and memories about what they endured. Richard shares the challenges of undertaking an oral history project of this nature and his memories of the men who shared with him the ordeal of fighting in an unprecedented global war.

 

Presenter: Adam Blum

Guest: Richard van Emden

Editor: Kyle Watkins

Academic Adviser: Margaret Strike

Image: Supplied by Richard van Emden

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