About the Author

David Martin is from Shropshire where he now lives. He attended Shrewsbury School and Cardiff University where he specialised in the history of the Roman Army, following which took an MA in Heritage Studies, specialising in battlefield interpretation, museums and memorials. From this he spent five years on the Somme and Ypres as a tour guide. He has always been interested in military history from childhood visits to European battlefields, from the beaches of Normandy to Verdun. David previous book on the First World War, a study of the 58th Division, was published in 2014.