Dr Simon Trew
Lecturer of War Studies at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Dr Simon Trew worked as a lecturer in the Department of War Studies at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 1993 to 2022. He was deputy head of department from 2002-2012 and acting head in 2013-2014. In September 2022 he retired to pursue new projects. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on British relations with the Yugoslav resistance movements during the Second World War, and lectured at the University of Keele before moving to Sandhurst. Since 1994 he has developed an enthusiastic interest in the Normandy campaign, travelling to France on many occasions to carry out research or to deliver battlefield studies to military and civilian groups.
He has also lectured widely on the campaign, and has appeared in numerous TV documentaries and live broadcasts on this and other military subjects. In 2009 he was nominated for a prestigious 'Emmy' award for his research in support of a television documentary on the D-Day assault at Omaha Beach. He was editor/writer of the well-known 14-volume 'Battle Zone Normandy' battlefield tour guide series (Sutton Publishing, 2004), and has also written a book about official war photography in Normandy. His most recent book was the diary of a British army chaplain who served in Normandy, which Simon edited for publication. He relishes the opportunity to return to the Normandy battlefields at every available opportunity, and to spend time talking with those who share his interest in this most fascinating and controversial of military campaigns.
