Etaples Mutiny
Dan Snow hears conflicting accounts of the Etaples mutiny.
An episode of the Voices of the First World War podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Etaples Mutiny" was published on July 19, 2017 and runs 13 minutes.
July 19, 2017 ·13m · Voices of the First World War
Summary
There are conflicting versions of events when it comes to the British mutiny at Etaples in September 1917, from the soldiers who took part in it, to the military policeman who witnessed it. They tell their stories, along with Officer Jim Davies, who was ordered to help put the mutiny down, at the centre of the action on the bridge between the army camp and the town. With Dan Snow and Peter Hart.
Episode Description
There are conflicting versions of events when it comes to the British mutiny at Etaples in September 1917, from the soldiers who took part in it, to the military policeman who witnessed it. They tell their stories, along with Officer Jim Davies, who was ordered to help put the mutiny down, at the centre of the action on the bridge between the army camp and the town. With Dan Snow and Peter Hart.
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