Simon Verdegem's guest appearances

Simon Verdegem

Dan Snow's History Hit

Mentioned in Dispatches

Past Conversations

Footsteps of the fallen

Woodbine Willie

Michael Nugent

Irfan Malik

Louise Bell

John Green

David Marks

Wilfred Owen

Chris Bell

Colin Campbell

Chris Manson

Paul Johnson

Michael Robinson

Tim Bowman

John Powell

Bethany Moore

OwlTail

Ep241 – Simon Verdegem – Lost but not forgotten. The archaeological recovery of FWW casualties

In this special episode of Trench Talk, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Belgian archaeologist Simon Verdegem and talking about his career specializing in the excavation of WW1 sites. We talk about his introduction to archaeology and the poignant discovery of the remains of a New Zealand soldier in excavations in Messines.  We look at the hugely successful Dig Hill 80 project at Wytschaete, and some of the incredible archaeological finds that came out of the project., including a rare signallers lamp and a harmonica.Simon talks about the problems of identifying the dead, and why, despite the small percentage of soldiers whose mortal remains are finally identified, he remains as enthusiastic today about recovering the dead as he was when he began his career. We reminisce on the top finds of his archaeology career and consider what next for the battlefields of Flanders.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/footstepsofthefallen)

In this special episode of Trench Talk, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Belgian archaeologist Simon Verdegem and talking about his career specializing in the excavation of WW1 sites.  We talk about his introduction to archaeology and the poignant discovery of the remains of a New Zealand soldier in excavations in Messines.  We look at the hugely successful Dig Hill 80 project at Wytschaete, and some of the incredible archaeological finds that came out of the project., including a rare signallers lamp and a harmonica. Simon talks about the problems of identifying the dead, and why, despite the small percentage of soldiers whose mortal remains are finally identified, he remains as enthusiastic today about recovering the dead as he was when he began his career. We reminisce on the top finds of his archaeology career and consider what next for the battlefields of Flanders.  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/footstepsofthefallen" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/footstepsofthefallen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/footstepsofthefallen</a>)

Trench Talk - Simon Verdegem

In this episode of Past Conversations, Paul Hamilton speaks with battlefield archaeologist, Simon Verdegem.

5. Conversation with Simon Verdegem.