Christopher Joll

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Christopher Joll
BornChristopher Andrew Joll
(1948-10-16) 16 October 1948 (age 73)
OccupationMilitary historian & Author
NationalityBritish
EducationOundle School
Alma materOxford University
Notable worksUniquely British: A Year in the life of the Household Cavalry, with a Foreword by HM The Queen
Website
christopherjoll.com

Christopher Joll is a British military historian, author and military event organiser best known for managing the British Military Tournament.[1][2][3] His books include a fifteen volume series of historical action-adventure stories, The Speedicut Papers & The Speedicut Memoirs, published by AuthorHouse;[4] Uniquely British: A Year in the Life of the Household Cavalry (2012) published by Tricorn Books; The Drum Horse in the Fountain & Other Tales of the Heroes & Rogues in the Guards (2018); and Spoils of War: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of the British Empire (2019); Black Ice: The Memoirs of Corie Mapp (2021); The Imperial Impresario: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of Napoleon's Theatre of Power (2021) - all published by Nine Elms Books.

Joll was educated at Oxford University and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served for seven years as an officer in The Life Guards,[5] including four tours of duty in Northern Ireland.

He has devised and managed Royal and Military pageants for charities including the Household Cavalry Pageant;[6] the Royal Hospital Chelsea Pageant.[7]; and the Gurkha 200 Pageant. He is currently the Regimental Historian of the Household Cavalry, a Trustee of the Museum Prize Trust, and a guest speaker for Viking Cruises and Noble Caledonia.

Between 2001 and 2013 he and his partner were responsible for restoring Sham Castle, an 18th-century gothic folly in Shropshire.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Tweedie, Neil. "The British Military Tournament: A pageant on Anglo-US relations". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Wellington College girls to join field gun run team". BBC Berkshire. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Jo Good and Simon Lederman". BBC Radio London. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Between the Covers". The Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "London Gazette, 28th January 1969". The London Gazette. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Household Cavalry prepare for pageant". Horse and Hound. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Cavalry comes to rescue at Chelsea hospital pageant". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  8. ^ Wallis Simons, Jake. "In praise of follies". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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