THE STORY OF THE SOMME 24 | On the March - Company Sergeant Major George Gregory

Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home. The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme. In this podcast, COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR GEORGE GREGORY of the Hertfordshire Regiment recalls the challenges of being on the march. George Gregory was born in London in 1890. He joined his local Territorial Battalion in 1914, serving with them overseas from November that year. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Narrator - Nicholas Rowe | Reader - Brooke Knight, Emerson Park Academy | The Last Post played by LSgt Stuart Laing, Welsh Guards on a First World War bugle.