Tom Dormer
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.
Filmography (24 titles)
Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper
Presenter · 2016
Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith
Presenter · 2015
MovieSecond Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack
Presenter · 2015
Battles of the Marne & the Aisne
Presenter · 2015
First Ypres 1914 and the Race to the Sea
Presenter · 2015
Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne
Presenter · 2015
Néry and the Retreat from Mons
Presenter · 2014
Le Cateau
Presenter · 2014
MovieBletchley Park and the Ultra Secret
Presenter · 2014
Mons 1914
Presenter · 2014
Assault on Normandy: Pointe du Hoc
Presenter · 2014
Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead
Presenter · 2013
Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne
Presenter · 2013
Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche - The Dash for Bastogne
Himself - Presenter · 2013
Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches
Presenter · 2013
Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen
Presenter · 2012
Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods
Presenter · 2012
Salamanca
Presenter · 2012
MovieSAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways
Presenter · 2012
MovieSAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 1 - Das Reich and Oradour
Presenter · 2012
Assault on Normandy: Sword Beach
Presenter · 2012
Cavalry Charge: La Haie Sainte & Plancenoit - The French and Prussian Attacks
Presenter · 2011
The Waterloo Collection: Ligny and Quatre Bras - Part 1
Presenter · 2011
Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace
Presenter · 2010