THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 17 | Refugees - Pierre Purseigle

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, DR PIERRE PURSEIGLE, Associate Professor of Modern History, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, talks about how the Home Front coped with the influx of refugees during the First World War. IMAGE | Belgian refugees in 1914 - By Unknown I f.ex. Jan Dąbrowski "Wielka wojna" (The Great War) Warsaw 1937, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3301725. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.