Tom Dormer
Biography
Tom was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School and gained a Kitchener Scholarship to read geography at University College London in 1972. He was appointed as a research assistant on graduation and undertook three years' research in historical geography at UCL. Tom has pursued two separate careers, one in commerce and the other in the military serving as a platoon commander in the 1st and 2nd battalions of The Royal Anglian Regiment and, subsequently, 14 years in the TA. Tom's business life is unusual in that he has developed successfully three diverse ventures under the umbrella of The Dormer Group. These interests include licensed property valuations, stocktaking, retail audits and asset registers, and a software house designing and supplying systems for payroll and accounts. He also developed the largest natural stone supplier and installer in the UK, specialising in designing and manufacturing high–quality natural limestone floors and facades. Tom is a badged member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides who specialises on WW1 and WW2. Tom is the Finance Director of Battlefield History TV.
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SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways
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Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches
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Assault on Normandy: Sword Beach
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The Waterloo Collection: Ligny and Quatre Bras - Part 1
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Mons 1914
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Le Cateau
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Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret
Himself - Presenter
Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche - The Dash for Bastogne
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First Ypres 1914 and the Race to the Sea
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Assault on Normandy: Pointe du Hoc
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Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne
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The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack
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Cavalry Charge: La Haie Sainte & Plancenoit - The French and Prussian Attacks
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Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack
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Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace
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Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne
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Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods
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Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1
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Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4
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Néry and the Retreat from Mons
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Battles of the Marne & the Aisne
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Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead
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Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper
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Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith
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SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 1 - Das Reich and Oradour
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SAS and the Normandy Campaign: Operation Bulbasket
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Salamanca
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The Somme 1916: The Sunken Lane
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The Battle of Naseby 1645
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Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen
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