Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum
A monthly podcast from the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum. Hosted by Colonel Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts. Stroll with us around the highways and byways of Herefordshire while we explore the story of the our regiment and county in war and peace. Special guests, featured items from the museum's collection and highlights from the lives of those who served from our beautiful county... and a pint or two as well!
Podcasting since 2022 • 28 episodes
Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum
Latest Episodes
Minneapolis calling! A transatlantic chat with Alyn Tanner
This month Rev Paul Roberts chats with Ledbury-born military researcher, Alyn Tanner. Alyn, who runs the Herefordshire Regiment Research Group, talks about how he became in...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:58
Introducing Series 2 of Just A Walk In The Sun
A brief look forward to what will be coming in the second series of podcast episodes from the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum, including chats with Aly Tanner, regimental researcher and founder of the Herefordshire Regiment Research Group o...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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2:58
Walking from Gold Beach to Hill 112: A D-Day Special
This month on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts reflect on the role the Herefordshire Light Infantry played in the days after 6th June 1944, including the Regiment'...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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26:15
Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary - Part Four: trench routines, acting as guide, dysentery and final thoughts
The final part of Douglas Pike’s diary, runs through September 1915 until his evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula, suffering from dysentery. He includes fascinating details of everyday life in front line trenches, attacks by Turkish f...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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27:28
Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary - Part Three: a long watch, chasing the battalion, Chocolate Hill and settling in the line
This third extract of Douglas Pike’s Gallipoli Diary finds him caring for Pte Yates, a wounded comrade through the night of 13th/14th August 1915, awaiting promised stretcher bearers, which never came. On reaching Lala Baba the next morni...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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25:21