Mark Crathorne
Mark has been fascinated by Napoleonic history ever since reading G.A. Henty as a schoolboy. When he moved to Portugal in the late 1980s, he was impressed by the quantity of historical sites from the Peninsular War and started guiding battlefield tours in 2003. He has led over 120 tours for private groups and public figures, as well as battlefield study groups for the military. Having served in the Royal Horse Artillery, he derives especial pleasure in re-living the heroic exploits of Captain Ramsay at the battle of Fuentes de Oñoro. Mark featured as a military historian in the American TV series ‘Who Do You Think You Are’, when actor Chris Noth visited the battlefield of Albuera and also in the documentary on the Lines of Torres Vedras of the ‘History Hit’ channel. A Cambridge graduate, he is the Chair of the British Historical Society of Portugal, a Member of the Board of the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras, and a Trustee of the Friends of the British Cemetery, Elvas.
