Our Expert Historians
Alan Rooney
Founder & Director
Bill Allison
Professor of History at Georgia Southern University
Dr David J. Appleby FRHistS
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham
Lt-Col David Barron
Retired Colonel in The Gordon Highlanders and battlefield guide
Dr Konogan Beaufay
Field Archaeologist and expert on Roman architecture
Desiree Benipayo
Local historian
Dr Waitman Beorn
Assistant Professor in History at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Grenville Bird
Author & Historian
Dr Stephen Brumwell
Author & Historian
Dr Filip Budić
Assistant Lecturer in History at the University of Zagreb
David Buttery
Author and Military Historian
Dr Bruce Cherry
Former university lecturer with a PHD in Military History
Prof Tim Cole
Professor of Social History, University of Bristol
Mark Crathorne
Peninsular War specialist and Chair of the British Historical Society of Portugal
Aurzelle da Silva
Medieval Historian
Major General John Drewienkiewicz CB CMG
Retired Engineer in Chief and expert in 19th Century continental warfare
Dr Simon Elliott
Archaeologist, author and broadcaster
Dr Andy Fear
Lecturer & Historian
Col Andrew Field
Former soldier & Author
Prof Joann Fletcher
Professor of Archaeology, University of York; Lead Ambassador for the Egypt Exploration Society
Prof John Foot
Professor of Modern Italian History, University of Bristol
Oliver Gilkes
Consulting archaeologist, writer and educator
Col John H. Gill
Retired Soldier and Historian
Dr David Hall
Author and Historian
Col David Harrison
Former soldier and diplomat
Fred Hawthorne
Prominent American Civil War Historian
Julian Humphrys
Historian, author and guide
Nick Jackson
Archaeologist and Tour Guide
Col Bob Kershaw
Military Historian, Author & Commentator
Ian Knight
Renowned Zulu War Historian
Prof Elif Korporal
Professor of Archaeology Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
Aristotle Koskinas
Archaeologist and Tour Guide
Prof Ryan Lavelle
FRHistS is Reader in Medieval History at Winchester University
Dr Gregory Lippiatt
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Exeter
Robert Lyman
Former soldier, writer and historian and Field Marshal Bill Slim’s military biographer.
Brigadier Justin Maciejewski
Director, The National Army Museum
Dr Farès K Moussa
Anthropologist, archaeologist and consultant in heritage and arts/culture management
Dr Laura O'Brien
Associate Professor in Modern European History at Northumbria University
Allen Packwood BA, MPhil (Cantab) FRHistS OBE
Director of the Churchill Archives Centre
Dr Ben Raffield
Researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Uppsala
Prof Sarah Richardson
Professor of Modern British History at the University of Glasgow
Dr Alasdair Richardson
Reader in Holocaust Education at the University of Winchester
Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley
Soldier & Visiting Professor of War Studies
Sqn Ldr (retd) Jonathan (Jon) Rooke
Retired RAF Squadron-Leader and Military Historian
Dr John Sadler
Lecturer in War Studies University of Sunderland Centre For Lifelong Learning
Prof Nicholas Saunders
Conflict archaeologist, anthropologist and historian
James M Scott
Author, public speaker and battlefield guide
Dr Iain Shearer
Archaeologist and specialist in Central Asia and the Middle East
Prof Gary Sheffield
Professor Emeritus of War Studies University of Wolverhampton
Dr Harry Sidebottom
Author & Historian
Dr Kyle Sinisi
Professor of History, The Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Colonel Professor Matthias Strohn
Head of Historical Analysis at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR)
Dr Simon Trew
Lecturer of War Studies at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Major General Ashley Truluck CB CBE BA
Former soldier and past chairman of the Society for Army Historical Research
Alan Wakefield
Head of First World War & Early 20th Century Conflict at the IWM
Professor Jerry White
Historian of London and Visiting Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London
Col Ray Wilkinson
Member of the International Brigades Memorial Trust
Tony Wilmott
Senior Archaeologist with Historic England
Martin Winstone
Senior Historical Advisor to the Holocaust Educational Trust
Dr Isabel Wollaston
Associate Professor in Jewish and Holocaust Studies at the University of Birmingham
Palle Ydstebo
Retired Lieutenant Colonel and Senior Lecturer at the Norwegian Military Academy
