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Richard Holmes (military historian) Edward Richard Holmes, CBE, TD, VR, JP (29 March 1946 – 30 April 2011), [1] known as Richard Holmes, was a British military historian. He was co-director of Cranfield University 's Security and Resilience Group from 1989 to 2009 and became Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield in 1995.
- 1964–2000
- Brigadier
Apr 30, 2011 · The web page reports the death of Prof Richard Holmes CBE, a renowned historian of warfare and a BBC documentarian. It covers his academic and military career, his books and his TV programmes on various historical topics.
May 1, 2011 · Sun 1 May 2011 15.06 EDT. Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to war historian Professor Richard Holmes, who has died aged 65 after a battle with cancer. Holmes, known for his television ...
May 26, 2011 · Richard Holmes was unusual in being both. He joined the Territorial Army at the age of 18, and eventually rose to become a brigadier, making him Britain’s highest ranking reserve officer. His part-time TA service ran parallel with an academic career, first at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1969-1989), later at the Security Studies ...
Edward Richard Holmes, historian, author and broadcaster; born Aldridge, Staffordshire 29 March 1946; ADC to the Queen 1991-97; OBE 1988, CBE 1998; married 1975 Katharine Saxton (two daughters ...
Dec 10, 2020 · Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmes' superb skill in this compelling book.
Mar 24, 2017 · By Richard Holmes. Illustrated. 360 pp. Pantheon Books. $30. When Richard Holmes set out years ago for south-central France, at 18, with a backpack and a preposterous-looking hat, he believed ...
