David Fletcher (military historian) explained
| David Fletcher |
| Birth Name: | David John Fletcher |
| Birth Date: | 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Petts Wood, England |
David John Fletcher (born 1942[1]) is an English author and military historian specialising in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom.
He was an employee of The Tank Museum, Bovington from 1982 until December 2012, becoming the museum's longest serving member of staff. Earlier that year, he was a panellist on Operation Think Tank, an international symposium on tanks, held in California.[2] He also presents contemporary media such as YouTube for the Tank Museum.[3] David Fletcher hosted a regular video series on The Tank Museum's YouTube channel called 'Tank Chats', in which he gave viewers a brief insight in to a specific tank in the Museum's collection.[4] [5]
In his final year at Bovington, he was appointed an MBE in the Queens New Year's honours list for services to the history of armoured warfare.[6]
Bibliography
His publication list is extensive, including 30 books.
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. Cromwell Tank: Vehicle History and Specifications . HMSO . The Tank Museum . 1983 . 0-11-290403-3. none.
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. Churchill Tank . Reprint of original WW2 operating manuals . 1 . 1983 . 1944 . . 0-11-290404-1. none.
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, David . Landships: British Tanks in the First World War . 1 . . 1984 . 0-11-290409-2. none.
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, David . War Cars: British Armoured Cars in the First World War . 1 . . 1987 . 0-11-290439-4. none.
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, David . Staff Cars . 1 . Shire Album 245 . Shire Publications . 1990 . 0747800588. none.
- Book: Fletcher, David . 1 . Moving the Guns: The Mechanisation of the Royal Artillery 1854–1939 . . 1990 . 0-11-290477-7. none.
- Book: Fletcher, David . Mechanised Force . 1 . HMSO, for REME Museum . 1991 . 0-11-290487-4. none.
- Book: Fletcher, David . 1 . Army Transport, 1939–45 . Data Book of Wheeled Vehicles . . 1991 . 0112905064. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . Doug . MacPhail . Harvard!: the North American trainers in Canada . San Josef, B.C.. DCF Flying Books . 1990 . 0969382502 . 21447685 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . illustrated by Peter Sarson . Matilda Infantry Tank 1938–45 . New Vanguard 8 . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . 1994 . 1-85532-457-1 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . illustrated by Peter Sarson . Crusader and Covenanter Cruiser tanks 1939–45 . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 14 . 1995 . 1-85532-512-8. none.
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, David . Tanks in Camera: The Western Desert, 1940–43 . 1 . Sutton Publishing . 1998 . 0750915684. none.
- Book: Fletcher, David . 1 . British Military Transport: 1829–1956 . . 1998 . 0-11-290570-6. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Mr. Churchill's Tank: The British Infantry Tank Mark IV . Schiffer Publishing . 1999 . 0764306790 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Cruiser Tank Mark VIII A27M Cromwell Mark IV . Museum Ordnance Special . 25 . 2000 . none.
- Book: Fletcher, David
. The British Tanks, 1915–1919 . 1 . 1-86126-400-3 . Crowood Press . 2001. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . British Mark I Tank, 1916 . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard . 2004 . 1-841-76689-5. 100. 56394336. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . Richard C. . Harley . illustrated by Peter Sarson . Cromwell Cruiser tank 1942–50 . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 104 . 2004 . 1-841-76814-6 . 56539945. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Universal Carrier 1936–48: the 'Bren Gun Carrier' Story . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 110 . 2005 . 1-841-76813-8 . 58454936. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 123 . 2006 . 1-841-76983-5 . 64097835. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Churchill Crocodile Flamethrower . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 136 . 2007 . none.
- Book: Fletcher, David
. British Mark IV tank . 1 . Osprey . 2007 . 978-1-846-03082-6 . 77013118. none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . illustrated by Tony Bryan . Sherman Firefly . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 141 . 2008 . 978-1846032776 . none.
- Book: Fletcher, David
. Tiger Tank . Owners' Workshop Manual . 1 . Haynes . 2011 . 978-1844259311. none. [7]
- Book: Fletcher . David . illustrated by Henry Morshead . Mark V tank . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 178 . 2011 . 978-1849083515 . none.
- Book: Tait
, Janice . Fletcher . David . Tracing Your Tank Ancestors . Pen & Sword Books . 2011 . 978-1848842649 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 189 . 2012 . 9781849085809 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Great War Tank: Mark IV . Owners' Workshop Manual . Haynes . Sparkford . 2013 . 978-0857332424 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . British Light Tanks 1927–45 Marks I-VI . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 217 . 2014 . 9781782003779 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . British Battle Tanks: World War I to 1939 . Osprey Publishing . 2016 . 9781472817556 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . British Battle Tanks: British-made tanks of World War II . Osprey Publishing . 2017 . 978-1472820037 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . Rolls Royce Armoured Car 1915 To 1944: Owner's Workshop Manual . . 2017 . 978-1785210587 . none.
- Book: Fletcher . David . 1 . illustrated by Henry Morshead . Churchill Infantry Tank . Oxford . Osprey Publishing . New Vanguard 272 . 2019 . 9781472837349 . none.
Notes and References
- Web site: David Willey . David Fletcher: The Man Behind the Moustache . YouTube . The Tank Museum, Bovington . 20 November 2021 . English . 22 January 2021.
- Web site: Announcing Operation Think Tank 2012 . 15 February 2012 .
- David Fletcher . 22 March 2010 . Little Willie – The world's first tank . Bovington Tank Museum . 10 May 2011 .
- David Fletcher . 2015 . Tank Chats playlist . The Tank Museum . 16 July 2015.
- 23 December 2022 . David Fletcher: Hanging up the Microphone Tank Chats The Tank Museum . 23 December 2022 . The Tank Museum.
- Web site: David Fletcher Honoured . https://web.archive.org/web/20120125123154/http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART3302&_IXMENU_=news_and_events . 25 January 2012 . 1 January 2012 . dead.
- News: How manual for Nazi tank is a best-seller . Bournemouth Echo . 6 January 2012 . none.
