Christopher Joll
British military historian (1948–2024)
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Christopher Andrew Joll (16 October 1948 – 18 April 2024) was a British military historian, author and military event organiser best known for managing the British Military Tournament.[1][2][3]
16 October 1948
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| Born | Christopher Andrew Joll 16 October 1948 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 18 April 2024 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Military historian, author |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Oundle School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Notable works | Uniquely British: A Year in the life of the Household Cavalry, with a Foreword by HM The Queen |
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Joll was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served for seven years as an officer in The Life Guards,[4] including four tours of duty in Northern Ireland.
Joll devised and managed Royal and Military pageants for charities including the Household Cavalry Pageant;[5] the Royal Hospital Chelsea Pageant;[6] and the Gurkha 200 Pageant. He was the Regimental Historian of the Household Cavalry, a Trustee of the Museum Prize Trust, and a guest speaker for Viking Cruises and Noble Caledonia.
His books include a fifteen volume series of historical action-adventure stories, The Speedicut Papers & The Speedicut Memoirs, published by AuthorHouse,[7] a spin-off series from George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman Papers; Uniquely British: A Year in the Life of the Household Cavalry (2012) published by Tricorn Books; The Drum Horse in the Fountain & Other Tales of the Heroes & Rogues in the Guards (2018); and Spoils of War: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of the British Empire (2019); Black Ice: The Memoirs of Corie Mapp (2021); The Imperial Impresario: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of Napoleon's Theatre of Power (2021) - all published by Nine Elms Books. He was also a regular contributor to Britain at War magazine.
Between 2001 and 2013 he and his partner were responsible for restoring Sham Castle, an 18th-century gothic folly in Shropshire.[8]
Joll died on 18 April 2024, at the age of 75.[9]
