The Historians - Second World War
History is nothing without historians, so here are ours...
Katelyn Arac
Katelyn is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Office of the Associate Vice President, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion working on research for the Laurier Legacy project.
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James Jefferies
James was born in Colchester and received his Master’s in History at the University of Essex. His dissertation was on the role and memory of RAF Bomber Command during the Battle of Britain.
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Phil McCarty
Dr Phil McCarty spent his working career in the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (as it then still was). He was awarded his PhD from the University of Wolverhampton in 2021, on aspects of the British Army in 1940. This followed an MA in War...
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Mike O’Keeffe
Mike is a retired NHS Manager, and has a strong interest in history, especially gender and women’s history.
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Liam Redfern
Liam received his master’s degree in history from the University of Essex in 2018 and returned at the start of this year to begin a PhD.
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