The Not Forgotten

**Our Founder**
In 1919 American soprano Marta Cunningham visited a Ministry of Pensions hospital, having heard that there were ‘perhaps a handful’ of soldiers wounded in WWI still residing there. She called on the Matron and asked if she had a few lonely patients who would like to come out for tea. The Matron looked surprised and replied that there were in fact 600 injured patients lying in the hospital, with many more across the country. Marta was horrified by what she saw: Read more

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Sniper & Combat Medic – “I’m 19, first kinetic experience, first mass casualty event” – PWRR’s Chris Dodd 3 September 2026
Former Sniper and Combat Medic Chris Dodd joins H-Hour for an extended conversation about his years in the British Army and his experiences serving in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. A badged sniper and qualified combat medical technician, Chris describes the demanding sniper course and the combination of shooting, fieldcraft, observation, stalking, route selection and […]
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“At the end of the day, it’s their country and they won.” Levison Wood 30 August 2026
Levison Wood returns to H-Hour for his second appearance on the podcast, having first featured in 2019. This expansive conversation covers war, exploration, history, the natural world and the experiences that have shaped his life. The interview begins with Afghanistan and the writing of Escape from Kabul, his co-authored account of the final stages of […]
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Ex-SBS Operator: “I’ve just been PNG’d. I don’t even know why.” H-Hour #289 Dean Stott MBE 3 July 2026
Dean Stott MBE returns to H‑Hour for a long‑form sit‑rep on life after the Special Boat Service. We dig into evacuations in Israel and beyond, the “ground truth” versus the media monster, the reality of being PNG’d by MOD, and why outdated secrecy policies are still shaping the lives of ex‑SF operators. Dean talks surfing […]
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“We are literally flying the emergency room to street level” Air Ambulance pilot Adele Dobler 25 June 2026
What happens when your “office” is a helicopter and your job is to bring an emergency room to the streets of London in under seven minutes? In this episode I sit down with Adele Dobler, a helicopter air ambulance pilot with London’s Air Ambulance, to unpack what it really takes to fly lifesaving missions over […]
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