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.
Movie Credits
SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways
2012-06-01
Continuing the story of 'Operation Bulbasket' the BHTV team follow the development of the attacks on
Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches
2013-04-17
Gold Beach is the story of the highly successful assault by 50th Northumbrian Division and 231 Malta
The Waterloo Collection: Ligny and Quatre Bras - Part 1
2011-05-23
This film gives an overview of Napoleons return to France in 1815 before covering in detail the Batt
Assault on Normandy: Sword Beach
2012-03-28
The 3rd Division was in the van of the D Day assault force. Their task was to break through Hitler's
Mons 1914
2014-02-27
On the 22nd of August 1914 the recently deployed BEF fought and delayed the German First Army of Von
Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret
2014-05-30
This film tells the incredible story of Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret. Filmed at Bletchley in
Le Cateau
2014-05-30
As Gen Smith-Dorrien’s II Corps retreated from Mons, along with rest of the BEF, they were closely p
Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche - The Dash for Bastogne
2013-07-18
In this programe we examine the background to the campaign with a leading American historian before
First Ypres 1914 and the Race to the Sea
2015-05-05
With the Battle of the Aisne grinding to a halt as trench warfare gradually set in, both the German
Assault on Normandy: Pointe du Hoc
2014-02-10
This film tells the story of Col Rudder’s 2nd Ranger Bn and their heroic attack on the gun battery a
Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne
2013-09-02
The Overlord plan called for the use of airborne troops to secure the flanks of the D Day landing an
The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack
Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras, Part II starts by focusing on the concentration of the Alli
Cavalry Charge: La Haie Sainte & Plancenoit - The French and Prussian Attacks
2011-10-17
Following on from Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack, Part III starts just as the great battle reaches
Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack
2015-09-30
The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 21 April–25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemis
Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace
2010-05-01
At about 1230 on the 8th August 1944 near St Aignan in Normandy Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann th
Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods
2012-08-02
Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden
Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne
2015-04-16
With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse, the cross roads town of Bastogn
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1
The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly deb
Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4
This final part takes us through the dramatic events when Wellington’s Anglo-Dutch Army aided by Blu
Néry and the Retreat from Mons
2014-07-02
Following the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau the already near exhausted British Expeditionary Force,
Battles of the Marne & the Aisne
2015-05-31
While the Allies were nearing panic as the Germans approached Paris, Marshal Foch quickly realised t
Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead
2013-11-04
69 Infantry Brigade had a highly successful landing and now had to fight its way through German defe
Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith
2015-12-16
The Northern most thrust into the wintery Ardennes of General Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army fell o
Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper
2016-01-05
This film tells the story of one of the most contentious combats of WW2, the actions of Kamfgruppe P
SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 1 - Das Reich and Oradour
2012-04-20
In 1944 prior to D Day the allied planners realised it was vital to isolate the Normandy Battlefield
SAS and the Normandy Campaign: Operation Bulbasket
This programme follows the deployment of the main body of the SAS, the Recces on targets, the raids
Salamanca
2012-06-06
On 22nd July 1812 Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army with their Spanish allies won a momentous victo
The Somme 1916: The Sunken Lane
On the 1st July 1916,the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, part of 29th Division were tasked with capturing
The Battle of Naseby 1645
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 betw
Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen
2012-08-22
Following on from the story of Hell's Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Brid