The W.R.A.P. Team
tony
Tony has a combined honours degree majoring in History with Radio, Film and Television from Christchurch College, University of Kent, a degree in History and Media with the Open University, and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in History. He has been a teacher of History for 20 years, and is currently Head of History at a high school in New Zealand.
He is especially interested in Military History, but has studied many different periods of history over the years. Tony is a ‘gamer’ and plays or has played Historical Board games, Hex and Counter wargames and table top wargames. He has a particular interest in History and the Media, and has been a regular contributor to a number of successful Podcasts on the internet.
He is especially interested in Military History, but has studied many different periods of history over the years. Tony is a ‘gamer’ and plays or has played Historical Board games, Hex and Counter wargames and table top wargames. He has a particular interest in History and the Media, and has been a regular contributor to a number of successful Podcasts on the internet.
Previous podcasts and articles (ie before 2020) were by the following contributors:
FREYA
Freya has a combined honours degree in history and archaeology from the University of Exeter, England, specializing in the medieval period. She is especially interested in medieval warfare, monasticism, and the events of the fourteenth century, and loves visiting archaeological sites.
CHRIS
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Chris is a passionate historian who is one of the youngest members of the group. However that does not preclude him from sharing a wealth of Historical knowledge from the past! He currently teaches a new generation of historians at a Secondary school in the South West of England and continues to teaches on subjects from the Crusades to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This is supported by a Combined BA Honours in Philosophy with History.
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Chris’s passion lies in Military & Political History, namely the birth of the USSR & the United States of America. He also has a passion for quizzing and has written and complied many quizzes and taken part in a selection of tournaments. He makes sure that no quizzer is bereft of any History questions! His dream is to appear on Mastermind with the specialist subject of ‘Anglo-US relations during the American Civil War’. Lastly he has been a regular contributor to a number of successful Podcasts on the internet.
Caitlin
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Caitlin is a history student. Her main historical interests include ancient and oriental history with focus-points of Japan, Mongolia, and China. She also has interest in anime, manga and graphic novels, and video games.
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barry
Barry’s interest in military history began during his
time in the British Army as part of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers (R.E.M.E.). He spent several years in West Germany, attached to the 5th
Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, working on their Chieftain Battle tank.
Barry has a special interest in all books military such as Sven Hassel and Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe in fiction, and factual books like the biographies of Rommel, Montgomery and Napoleon.
Having also been in the Air Training Corps he has an interest in anything R.A.F. including amusing tales like “Aces, Erks & Backroom Boys” by Edward Smithies.
Barry has a special interest in all books military such as Sven Hassel and Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe in fiction, and factual books like the biographies of Rommel, Montgomery and Napoleon.
Having also been in the Air Training Corps he has an interest in anything R.A.F. including amusing tales like “Aces, Erks & Backroom Boys” by Edward Smithies.
JOHN
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Born in London in 1941, during the Blitz. Now living in wonderful New Zealand where our family have chosen to settle. Retired Chromatography Technician for a U.K. based American bio-chemical Company. Spent my early married life in the family retail business; I took early retirement (55 yrs) and at present enjoying life in the sunshine, relishing the wonderful coffee (best in the world), and the New Zealand life in general.
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richard
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My name is Richard and I'm a former student of Tony's. I'm a reenactor with a passion for WW2 and WW1 history as well as a budding historic firearms collector. I'm an encyclopedia of military machinery and weapons from the Napoleonic era to the first half of the 20th century as well as a student in gunsmithing and weapons restoration.
My other interest are naval history of the Napoleonic era as well as the history of aerial warfare. |
PETER
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Peter has spent most of his life reading about all aspects of military history. His main areas of interest are warfare in North America 1680 to 1865 and European conflicts 1780 to 1945.
He has a BA Hons in Modern Arts from Kingston Polytechnic and currently works in the NHS. He lives in Reigate, Surrey. |
ANN
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My name is Ann Robertson let me just quickly tell you about my obsession with all things WW1. About 30 years ago I was given a book written by Lyn Macdonald about the V.A.D's and the work they did in the conflict - from that moment, I became completely obsessed, and wanted to know about the young men, their letters home, their bravery as well as their fears. This has never left me, and I now refer to these Soldiers as 'my Boys'. I have been lucky enough to visit the sites and I felt very saddened yet uplifted, and it brought the whole horror from the page into my heart.
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