Andrew Robertshaw

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Andrew Robertshaw was born in Sheffield, England, and is an English military historian, curator, author and educator who specializes in the history of the First World War.[1] He is best known for his television appearances, in programmes such as Two Men in a Trench and Time Team.[2] He was a military advisor on the film War Horse.[3]

During his career Robertshaw has worked as Curator/Manager of the Royal Logistic Corps Museum in Deepcut, and previously as Head of Education at The National Army Museum in London.[4]

Works[]

  • A Soldier's Life (1997)
  • Warfare in the 16th-19th Centuries: The Age of Empires (Battle Zone) (2003) (with Mark Bergin)
  • Somme 1 July 1916: Tragedy and Triumph (Campaign) (2006)
  • Feeding Tommy: Battlefield Recipes from the First World War
  • Digging the Trenches: the Archaeology of the Western Front (with David Kenyon)
  • Ghosts on the Somme: Filming the Battle, June-July 1916 (2009)
  • The Hard Way: Surviving Shamshuipo POW Camp 1941-45 (2011)
  • The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front 1916-18 (2012) (with John Steward)
  • Frontline Cookbook: Battlefield Recipes from the Second World War (2012)
  • 24hr Trench: A Day in the Life of a Frontline Tommy (2012)
  • 24hr Under Attack: Tommy Defends the Frontline (2014)
  • 5 Minute History: First World War Trenches (2014)
  • Somme 1916 (Battle Story) (2014)
  • They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
  • 1917 (2019)

References[]

  1. ^ Centre for First World War Studies
  2. ^ Discovery Channel: Finding the Fallen
  3. ^ Moss, Richard (2010-07-06). "War Horse heads to English Heritage Festival of History for dramatic World War I trench recreation". Culture 24. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  4. ^ Elijah Howarth; F. R. Rowley; W. Ruskin Butterfield; Charles Madeley (1994). The Museums Journal. Museums Association. p. 23.

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