David Blackmore

Book Six, 'Burgos and Beyond' is now published and the series continues to be popular with all the books consistently scoring well over 4 stars. The general enthusiasm that readers have for the books is very gratifying and encouraging. Work on Book Seven is already underway.

I worked for the Royal Armouries Museum for 26 years, most of them as the Museum’s Registrar. Part of the creative team for the Royal Armouries in Leeds, and organised the move of the collection from The Tower to Leeds.

I am the author of four non-fiction books;

'Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars'.

'British Cavalry in the Mid-18th Century'.

'Destructive and Formidable, British Infantry Firepower, 1642 – 1765', the published version of the author’s PhD thesis from Nottingham Trent University.

'So Bloody a Day', the 16th Light Dragoons in the Waterloo Campaign.

I have written more articles and given more lectures than I can remember.

Blogs and short pieces can be found on my Wordpress blog 'Practical Military History'.

I appeared in Sean Bean’s Waterloo, teaching him how to use a sabre. Great fun, a lovely man.

I was a re-enactor for forty five years, including being Lord General of the Roundhead Association, and commanding the British Light Dragoons at Waterloo 200. I commanded B Troop, 16th Light Dragons from 2014 to 2019. I'm now definitely retired.

I get out on a horse two or three times a week, sometimes on Johnny, the inspiration for Lieutenant Roberts' horse.