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'''John Gordon Harvey Corrigan''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society|FRAS]] (born 1942) is a former [[United Kingdom|British]] soldier and historical writer and broadcaster. | '''John Gordon Harvey Corrigan''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society|FRAS]] (born 1942) is a former [[United Kingdom|British]] soldier and historical writer and broadcaster. | ||
Corrigan was educated at the [[Royal School, Armagh]], and the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. He served in the [[British Army]]'s [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]], mainly in the far east, and reached the rank of major. Between 1980 and 1987 he took a break from military service, joining the [[Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club]] where he was [[clerk of the course]] at the [[Happy Valley Racecourse]] from 1980 to 1982, and Racing Secretary from 1982 to 1987.<ref name=Brum>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/members/corrigan.htm|publisher=[[University of Birmingham]]|title=Members of the Centre|year=2009|accessdate=23 February | Corrigan was educated at the [[Royal School, Armagh]], and the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. He served in the [[British Army]]'s [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]], mainly in the far east, and reached the rank of major. Between 1980 and 1987 he took a break from military service, joining the [[Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club]] where he was [[clerk of the course]] at the [[Happy Valley Racecourse]] from 1980 to 1982, and Racing Secretary from 1982 to 1987.<ref name=Brum>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/members/corrigan.htm|publisher=[[University of Birmingham]]|title=Members of the Centre|year=2009|accessdate=23 February 2009}}</ref> Corrigan was awarded the MBE in 1995<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/54255/supplements/6/page.pdf |title=Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1995 |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-date=16 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616131159/http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/54255/supplements/6/page.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> His last appointment was commanding the Gurkha Centre in Hampshire. | ||
Following his retirement from the army in 1998, Corrigan became a freelance writer on military history. He also presented television documentaries, made speaking appearances and conducted tours of [[World War I]] battlefields. He is an honorary [[research fellow]] of the [[University of Kent]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff/index.html?tab=emeriti-amp-honorary-staff |title=Staff - School of History - University of Kent |access-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203225327/http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff/index.html?tab=emeriti-amp-honorary-staff |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[University of Birmingham]],<ref name=Brum/> and a [[teaching fellow]] at the [[Joint Services Command and Staff College]]. He is also a fellow of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]], a member of the British Commission for Military History and a [[liveryman]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Farriers]]. | Following his retirement from the army in 1998, Corrigan became a freelance writer on military history. He also presented television documentaries, made speaking appearances and conducted tours of [[World War I]] battlefields. He is an honorary [[research fellow]] of the [[University of Kent]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff/index.html?tab=emeriti-amp-honorary-staff |title=Staff - School of History - University of Kent |access-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203225327/http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff/index.html?tab=emeriti-amp-honorary-staff |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[University of Birmingham]],<ref name=Brum/> and a [[teaching fellow]] at the [[Joint Services Command and Staff College]]. He is also a fellow of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]], a member of the British Commission for Military History and a [[liveryman]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Farriers]]. | ||
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His 2010 ''The Second World War: A Military History'' received critical acclaim. "[A] highly readable new look at the titanic struggle between nations" - The Independent. "An invaluable source of reference [that] should be savoured" - Daily Express. "Bold, incisive, and insightful....A first class read" - Michael Jones, author of 'The Retreat: Hitler's First Defeat' | His 2010 ''The Second World War: A Military History'' received critical acclaim. "[A] highly readable new look at the titanic struggle between nations" - The Independent. "An invaluable source of reference [that] should be savoured" - Daily Express. "Bold, incisive, and insightful....A first class read" - Michael Jones, author of 'The Retreat: Hitler's First Defeat' | ||
His newest work is about the [[Hundred Years' War]].{{citation needed|date=November | His newest work is about the [[Hundred Years' War]].{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} | ||
==Published works== | ==Published works== | ||