Professor Richard Holmes RIP

[Paul K]

A huge loss to everyone in Britain interested in our military history. His television documentaries, visiting old battlefields such as Waterloo, Mons , the Somme, Dunkirk and Arnhem, brought that history to life. Books such as 'Tommy', his examination of the British soldier on the Western Front, and Acts of War, which deals with how men behave in battle, are amongst the best I've ever read.

What a terrible loss. Rest in peace.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13251220

[Tomliner]

This is so sad.He has presented many excellent tv programmes on military history as well as writing many books.A few years ago I had the great pleasure of seeing Prof Holmes at the Edinburgh Book Festival.May he rest in peace.EricT

[Trev Clark]

What a great loss, I loved the 'Brigadier' (his TA rank) on TV and had no idea of his passing until seeing this post! I have many of his books and will treasure them even more now.

[Garry Russell]

A great shame and sad lost to us all

He always put a sense of reality into his reporting, the true on the ground history as you would have seen it had you been there.

My condolences to his loved ones and friends

[Paul K]

His obituary from the Daily Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... olmes.html

[DelP]

A sad loss indeed.

I've always enjoyed his programmes but I'm ashamed to say that I wasn't aware of his TA rank and expertice...which explains the wealth of information and feeling that he brought to military history.

RIP

Derek

[cstorey]

He was a most lucid and enjoyable exponent of military historyand it is a very sad loss at an early age