DiscoverTales from the Battlefields135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme
135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

Update: 2025-06-19
Share

Description

In this episode we talk to historian and battlefield guide Beth Moore about her local battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Why were they ordered to carry out a diversionary attack? What did they experience on that awful day? What happened to them in No Man’s Land? And Beth’s passionately defends their Commanding Officer who was blamed for the disaster that occurred.
Comments 
In Channel
147: The 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos, with Nigel Atter

147: The 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos, with Nigel Atter

2025-09-2601:03:06

146: Charles Carrington in the Great War (Part 2)

146: Charles Carrington in the Great War (Part 2)

2025-09-1947:43

145: A Subaltern’s War – Charles Carrington (Part 1)

145: A Subaltern’s War – Charles Carrington (Part 1)

2025-09-1259:11

144: Love Broken by the War

144: Love Broken by the War

2025-09-0545:03

143: A Pals Battalion in Training – The Winter of 1914/15

143: A Pals Battalion in Training – The Winter of 1914/15

2025-08-2946:56

142: The Story of the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing

142: The Story of the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing

2025-08-2025:10

141: Your Country Needs You – September 1914

141: Your Country Needs You – September 1914

2025-08-1148:10

140: The Dead of Lijssenthoek

140: The Dead of Lijssenthoek

2025-08-0654:33

139: Captain H S H Wallace Memorial and The Nine Brave Men Memorial at Bazentin

139: Captain H S H Wallace Memorial and The Nine Brave Men Memorial at Bazentin

2025-07-3058:18

138: St George’s Memorial Church in Ypres

138: St George’s Memorial Church in Ypres

2025-07-2151:21

137: Massacre at Le Paradis – A Personal Pilgrimage

137: Massacre at Le Paradis – A Personal Pilgrimage

2025-07-0946:41

136: The story of the 8th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

136: The story of the 8th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2025-06-2555:46

135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

2025-06-1901:07:25

134: The Boys of Bethune

134: The Boys of Bethune

2025-06-1239:44

133: Leeds Pals at Serre

133: Leeds Pals at Serre

2025-06-0401:05:46

132: The Forgotten Village of Erquinghem-Lys

132: The Forgotten Village of Erquinghem-Lys

2025-05-2746:24

131: The Dead of Dochy Farm at Ypres

131: The Dead of Dochy Farm at Ypres

2025-05-1258:01

130: Distance and Time –Forgotten Stories from Ypres and the Somme

130: Distance and Time –Forgotten Stories from Ypres and the Somme

2025-04-3051:26

129: A Personal Pilgrimage to the Western Front

129: A Personal Pilgrimage to the Western Front

2025-04-2253:55

128: The Tanks of Passchendaele with Leen Van Meerbeek

128: The Tanks of Passchendaele with Leen Van Meerbeek

2025-04-1401:14:23

loading
Google Play
Download from Google Play
Castbox
Download from App Store
usUnited States
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

135: A Lack of Offensive Spirit? – The 46th North Midland Division on the Somme

Terry Whenham