Michael John Barthorp (died 5 January 2018, aged 90 years) was a British historian and writer, specialising in
military history
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and
military uniforms
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. He lived in
Jersey
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,
Channel Islands
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.
Barthorp attended
Wellington College Wellington College may refer to:
*Wellington College, Berkshire, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
** Wellington College International Shanghai
** Wellington College International Tianjin
* Wellington College, Wellington, Ne ...
until the end of the
Second World War
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. In September 1945, he joined the
Rifle Brigade
The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...
under universal conscription and was demobilised in 1958. After some time with the
Royal Hampshire Territorials, he exchanged for a regular commission in the
Northamptonshire Regiment
The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Ow ...
in which his family had served for three generations.
Major Barthorp retired from service in 1968, to become a military historian and writer. He was a member of the
Victorian Military Society
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and contributed to their magazine
''Soldiers of the Queen''.
Predeceased by his wife Penelope, they were survived by two sons and a daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Bibliography
* (1974) ''The Northamptonshire Regiment (Famous Regiments)'', Leo Cooper,
* (1976) ''Crater to the Creggan: A History of the Royal Anglian Regiment, 1964-74'', Leo Cooper,
* (1979) ''Indian Infantry Regiments, 1860-1914'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1979) ''To Face the Daring Māoris'', Hodder and Stoughton,
* (1980) ''The Zulu War: A Pictorial History'', Blandford Press,
* (1980) ''Marlborough's Army 1702-11'' UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1982) ''British Military Uniforms Since 1660'', Poole: New Orchard Editions,
* (1982) ''British Infantry Uniforms Since 1660'', Littlehampton Book Services,
* (1982) ''The Jacobite Rebellions, 1689-1745'', London: Osprey Publishing,
* (1982) ''The North-West Frontier: British India and Afghanistan, a Pictorial History 1839-194'', Blandford Press,
* (1984) ''War on the Nile: Britain, Egypt and the Sudan, 1882-1898'', London: Blandford Press
* (1984) ''British Cavalry Uniforms Since 1660'', Littlehampton Book Services,
* (1987) ''The Anglo-Boer Wars'', Blandford Press,
* (1987) ''The British Army on Campaign (1), 1816-1853'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1987) ''The British Army on Campaign (2), 1854-56 : The Crimea'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1988) ''The British Army on Campaign (3), 1856-1881'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1988) ''The British Army on Campaign (4), 1882–1902'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1989) ''The Old Contemptibles'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1990) ''Wellington's Generals'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1991) ''Heroes of the Crimea: The Battles of Balaclava and Inkermann'', Blandford Press,
* (1992) ''Napoleon's Egyptian Campaigns, 1798–1801'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1994) ''The British Troops in the Indian Mutiny, 1857–59'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (1996) ''The Frontier Ablaze: The North-West Frontier Rising, 1897-98'', Windrow & Greene,
* (2000) ''Queen Victoria's Commanders'', UK: Osprey Publishing,
* (2002) ''The Zulu War: Isandhlwana to Ulundi'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
* (2002) ''Afghan Wars: and the North-West Frontier 1839-1947'', Cassell,
* (2002) ''Slogging Over Africa: The Boer Wars 1815-1902'', Cassell,
References
*Death notice
Major Michael John BARTHORP , Family Notices from the Jersey Evening Post
External links
Osprey Publishing author page
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British military historians
British Army personnel of World War II
Rifle Brigade officers
People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
2018 deaths
Year of birth missing
British military writers
British male non-fiction writers
20th-century British male writers
20th-century British non-fiction writers
21st-century British male writers
21st-century British non-fiction writers