{{Short description|British military historian (1948–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Christopher Joll | image = | image_upright = | caption = | birth_name = Christopher Andrew Joll | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|10|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Marylebone, London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|04|18|1948|10|16|df=yes}} | death_place = | nationality = British | occupation = Military historian, author | spouse = | children = |education = Oundle School | alma_mater = Trinity College, Oxford | notableworks = Uniquely British: A Year in the life of the Household Cavalry, with a Foreword by HM The Queen | awards = | website = {{url|christopherjoll.com}} }}
'''Christopher Andrew Joll''' (16 October 1948 – 18 April 2024) was a British military historian, author and military event organiser best known for managing the British Military Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tweedie|first1=Neil|title=The British Military Tournament: A pageant on Anglo-US relations |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8909944/The-British-Military-Tournament-A-pageant-on-Anglo-US-relations.html |publisher=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Wellington College girls to join field gun run team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-20595831 |publisher=BBC Berkshire |accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Jo Good and Simon Lederman |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0111jtr |publisher=BBC Radio London |accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> Joll was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served for seven years as an officer in The Life Guards,<ref>{{cite web|title=London Gazette, 28th January 1969| url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44774 | publisher=The London Gazette |accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> including four tours of duty in Northern Ireland.
Joll devised and managed Royal and Military pageants for charities including the Household Cavalry Pageant;<ref>{{cite web|title= Household Cavalry prepare for pageant |url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/household-cavalry-prepare-for-pageant-122481 |publisher=Horse and Hound|accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> the Royal Hospital Chelsea Pageant;<ref>{{cite web| title= Cavalry comes to rescue at Chelsea hospital pageant |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/cavalry-comes-to-rescue-at-chelsea-hospital-pageant-6630282.html |publisher=Evening Standard|accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> and the Gurkha 200 Pageant. He was the Regimental Historian of the Household Cavalry, a Trustee of the Museum Prize Trust, and a guest speaker for Viking Cruises and Noble Caledonia.
His books include a fifteen volume series of historical action-adventure stories, ''The Speedicut Papers'' & ''The Speedicut Memoirs'', published by AuthorHouse,<ref>{{cite web|title=Between the Covers |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/between-the-covers-07042013-8563005.html |work=The Independent |accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> a spin-off series from George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman Papers; ''Uniquely British: A Year in the Life of the Household Cavalry'' (2012) published by Tricorn Books; ''The Drum Horse in the Fountain & Other Tales of the Heroes & Rogues in the Guards'' (2018); and ''Spoils of War: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of the British Empire'' (2019); ''Black Ice: The Memoirs of Corie Mapp'' (2021); ''The Imperial Impresario: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of Napoleon's Theatre of Power'' (2021) - all published by Nine Elms Books. He was also a regular contributor to ''Britain at War'' magazine.
Between 2001 and 2013 he and his partner were responsible for restoring Sham Castle, an 18th-century gothic folly in Shropshire.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wallis Simons|first1=Jake|title=In praise of follies |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/period-property/10053611/In-praise-of-follies.html |publisher=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref>
Joll died on 18 April 2024, at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christopher Joll, military historian, event organiser and expert on uniforms and insignia – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/28/christopher-joll-military-historian-tournament-obituary/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|name=Official website of Christopher Joll}}
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