# Richard Doherty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Doherty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Doherty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Doherty > Source revision: 1355632398 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the British Army officer and governor of Sierra Leone|Richard Doherty (British Army officer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} '''James Richard Doherty''' (born 19 May 1948), known as '''Richard Doherty''', is a Northern Irish [military historian](/source/military_historian) and [author](/source/author) from [Derry](/source/Derry) in [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland). Educated at [St. Columb's College](/source/St._Columb's_College) in Derry, he has written more than twenty books about British and Irish military history ranging from the Williamite wars through to the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War).{{cite web|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Tribute-to-World-War-Two.4424405.jp|title=Tribute to World War Two soldier Nora who risked all – and paid with her life|date=26 August 2008|accessdate=1 April 2009|publisher=Halifax Today|author=Colin Drury|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127093144/http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Tribute-to-World-War-Two.4424405.jp|url-status=dead}} Doherty's father, J.J. Doherty, a native of [County Tyrone](/source/County_Tyrone) and a British A.A. artillery gunner, served during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), as did four of Richard's uncles. J.J. Doherty died of [cancer](/source/cancer), a result of complications from wounds suffered during the war. His mother Anna Coyle, who also died of cancer, came from a nationalist background. His parents married at [St Eugene's Cathedral](/source/St_Eugene's_Cathedral), [Derry](/source/Derry). Richard Doherty was a [Royal Ulster Constabulary](/source/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary) (RUC) reservist from 1972 to 1974 and also served in the Territorial Army. He resides in [Prehen](/source/Prehen) in Derry.[http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/search?&keywords=James%20Richard%20Doherty%20Prehen Profile], checkcompany.co.uk; accessed 5 July 2016. Richard Doherty was appointed [High Sheriff of Londonderry City](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Londonderry_City) (2020-21).{{London Gazette|city=b|issue=8222| page=2|date= 3 January 2020}} Doherty's most recent book, [https://books.google.com/books?id=l5n9AwAAQBAJ&dq=British+Armoured+Divisions+and+their+Commanders%2C+1939-1945&pg=PA16 ''British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945'', is published by Pen and Sword Books]. ==Selected works (in alphabetical order)== #''A Noble Crusade: The History of Eighth Army, 1941 to 1945'' ({{ISBN|1885119631}}) #''Clear the Way!: A History of the 38th'' ({{ISBN|0716525429}}) - paperback #''Irish Generals in the British Army in the Second World War'' ({{ISBN|0862813956}}) #''Irish Men and Women in the Second World War'' ({{ISBN|1851824413}}) #''Irish Volunteers in the Second World War'' ({{ISBN|1851825231}}) #''Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross'' by Doherty & [David Truesdale](/source/David_Truesdale) ({{ISBN|1851824421}}) #''None Bolder: The History of the 51st (Highland) Division in the Second World War'' ({{ISBN|1862273170}}) #''Only the Enemy in Front (Every Other Beggar Behind): The Recce Corps at War, 1940-1946'' ({{ISBN|1871085187}}) #''The Sound of History: El Alamein - 1942'' ({{ISBN|186227164X}}) #''The British Reconnaissance Corps in World War II'' ({{ISBN|9781846031229}}/{{ISBN|1846031222}}) #''The North Irish Horse: A Hundred Years of Service'' ({{ISBN|1862271909}}) #''The Thin Green Line: A History Of The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC 1922-2001'' ({{ISBN|1844150585}}) #''The Siege of Derry: A Military History'' ({{ISBN|1846820154}}) #''The Williamite War in Ireland 1688-1691'' ({{ISBN|1851823751}}) #''Wall of Steel. The History of the 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (SR)'' ({{ISBN|0907528139}}) ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Richard}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:British military historians Category:Police officers from County Londonderry Category:Royal Ulster Constabulary officers Category:Catholic Unionists Category:High sheriffs of Londonderry City Category:Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland Category:People educated at St Columb's College {{UK-historian-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Doherty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Doherty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Doherty?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.