David Truesdale Author & Editor

The author of over thirty published books, Richard Doherty has presented and advised on numerous programmes for historical series for BBC TV and BBC Radio Ulster. As Chairman of the Irish Regiments Historical Society, he leads battlefield studies, writes for newspapers and journals and is a trustee of three military museums. Northern Ireland President of St John Ambulance, he is also Librarian of the Commandery of Ards in the Order of St John. In 2020 he was the High Sheriff of Londonderry County Borough. Taking early retirement in1998, David Truesdale has produced 18 books on military history, concentrating on airborne operations of the Second World War and the role of the Irish soldier in the wars of the Victorian period. His first book, written in conjunction with Richard Doherty, Irish Winner of the Victoria Cross, was published in 2000\. In 2016, Steel Wall At Arnhem was published, a definitive study concerning the role of 4 Parachute Brigade in that action.