David Kenyon

Summary

David Kenyon is a British archaeologist and military historian.[1] He was one of the military advisors on the film War Horse.[2]

David Kenyon in 2022

Life edit

He is known for his work on presenting and interpreting World War I history at public events and in the media. Since 2015, he is the Research Historian at Bletchley Park. He is also an Associate Lecturer in History at Brunel University and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Kent.[3]

Works edit

  • Robertshaw, Andrew; Kenyon, David (2008), Digging the Trenches, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, ISBN 978-1473822887
  • Kenyon, David (2011), Horsemen in No Man's Land: British Cavalry and Trench Warfare 1914-1918, Pen & Sword Military, ISBN 978-1848843646
  • Kenyon, David (2019), Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-24357-4

References edit

  1. ^ Culture 24, "Families Of Fallen First World War Opponents Unite At Army Museum", 11 November 2005. Accessed 28 October 2012
  2. ^ Moss, Richard (6 July 2010). "War Horse heads to English Heritage Festival of History for dramatic World War I trench recreation". Culture 24. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. ^ Brunel University: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/david-kenyon Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine and https://www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff/?tab=emeriti-amp-honorary-staff. Accessed 8 August 2015