Andrew Robertshaw Explained

Andrew Robertshaw (born 1956) is a British military historian, curator, author and educator who specialises 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 history advisor on the films War Horse 1917 and They Shall Not Grow Old.^{[3] [4]}

Robertshaw was born in Doncaster, England. During his career he 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.^[5]

He is now director of BattleFields Partnerships Limited. He is also the lead historian for The Centre For Experimental Military Archaeology (CEMA) at the Kent Show Ground.

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) (With Alastair Fraser and Steve Roberts)
• The Hard Way: Surviving Shamshuipo POW Camp 1941-45 (2011)
• The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front 1916-18 (2012) (with Steve Roberts)
• 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)
• Film War Horse (2010)
• Film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
• Film 1917 (2019)

External links

• Official website
• CEMA

Notes and References

1. http://www.warstudies.bham.ac.uk/firstworldwar/members/robertshaw.shtml Centre for First World War Studies
2. http://www.yourdiscovery.com/finding_the_fallen/qanda/index.shtml Discovery Channel: Finding the Fallen
3. Web site: 'World War One trench' recreated in Kent woodland. 19 October 2021. BBC News. 19 October 2021.
4. News: War Horse heads to English Heritage Festival of History for dramatic World War I trench recreation. 2010-07-06. 2011-07-07. Richard. Moss. Culture 24.
5. Book: Elijah Howarth. F. R. Rowley. W. Ruskin Butterfield. Charles Madeley. The Museums Journal. 1994. Museums Association. 23.