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Jula-Louise Vladár, M.D.

Loved to watch Richard Holmes. He so convincingly put forward the message that one must walk the terrain to understand military history. My father, who as an officer had fought through WW2 and then turned academic, liked the below scene as it so elegantly conveyed believability.

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10:26 PM · Feb 1, 2020Twitter for iPhone

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I googled War Walks after reading the article and comments. Up until that moment I had never heard of Richard Holmes. I will watch the clips returned to me.

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Jula-Louise Vladár, M.D.

Hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I and lots of other fans still do!

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I’d liked to have seen his grouping. What a personal hero and inspiration he was to me.

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@Taff_Gillingham

Working the bolt like that I doubt he hit the target at all!

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I once shared a stage with Richard Holmes. My talk was carefully scripted and (so I thought) pretty good. He followed me and seemed to ad lib the whole thing. No notes. It was sensational. I vowed that day never to read/lecture from a script again.

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Richard K. Munro

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Wonderful historian. Great clip. Thanks for posting Professor Holmes is missed. He was one of the greatest.

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BBQ Judge Scott

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I've got two of those. My favorite rifles! Deadly accurate too

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@Snack_and_Sauce

My wife got one in an auction, she is really good with it. If she's mad at me and l run, I hope she doesn't grab it.

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@DennisWheatley1

War Walks was one of my favourites.

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@Anthony90709704

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Indeed to fully understand any battlefield you do need to walk it, I have done many now!

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@MarkAKAGripper

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Superb historian who really managed to get the subject over to all. I loved his War Walks series and his books Tommy and Sahib are second to none. Greatly missed.

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Trevor Phillips

@trevphillips76

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Many years ago I took the wife to see a re-enactment of the Battle of Cheriton (amazingly we're still married!) and Richard Holmes was doing a running commentary, describing everything in such detail and with a real passion. It was absolutely brilliant.

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@JamesDelingpole

“War Walks” was one of the great TV series of the 90s and was a great companion to my GCSE History!

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An interview we did with him on the First World War some 11 years ago: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/richard-holmes

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Samantha Stancomb

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Much missed. How many historians could even shoot a Lee Enfield today... I wish more youngsters would fire one today - might understand what their forebears went through a little more....

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@AlanBry14743664

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Excellent presenter, War Walks a favorite of mine as well.

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I liked Richard Holmes

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I wish he could have witnessed Waterloo 200

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@Paullan67707861

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@JamesDelingpole

Got to love the SLME fantastic rifle to this day especially the NO4 version used later in WW2.

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Are his documentaries available anywhere?

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The Friends of General Haig

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One of the greatest tv presenters. Top chap.

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This was from his Mons and LE Cateau programme which remains my favourite

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He was a wonderful writer, too. Delivered on time, answered queries promptly, and was always appreciative.

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@Mark_Champagne

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I sat opposite to him on a train once but didn’t have the words of appreciation ready in time.

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(((Graham Applin)))

@SkepticalHusky

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I’m not a devotee of military history but Richard Holmes brought it alive like no-one else.

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Charles Macdowell

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He was also a TA Brigadier and first Honorary Colonel of the PWRR. Not a lot people know that.

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Always lovely to see a piling swivel in the field, again!

Left Pawed Wombat

@leftpawedwombat

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@JamesDelingpole

Nice Guy Jonathan

@Quinnwhite1234

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I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and he took me and others on a war walk In France. His enthusiasm was contagious. Great bloke! Sadly missed.

@welshtraveller

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My late father was was a sniper, 6th airborne d-day and he said the lee Enfield a brilliant rifle

@HeraldryOnline

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Not only a military historian of distinction but also reached the rank of Brigadier. From 1999 to 2007 he was the Colonel of the Regiment of the Princess of Wales's Regiment

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He was my CO when I was in the TA. An inspirational leader.

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Met Richard in Duke of York Barracks, London before he did a talk and was down in RY HQ going through it. Amazing guy who was absolutely enthusiastic about passing on the history of the British Army to all. A truly fascinating 10 minutes he spent talking to me.

@curiouscurator

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Maritime historians would benefit from some kind of 'sea time' starting with small boats or even a crossing from Harwich to Germany in December.

@tracy_sturgess

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He was a fantastic historian who brought history to life. Loved watching him and the personal stories he chose throughout the episodes. Sadly missed

Lucy Rose Coleman

@LucyRoseColeman

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Wrote some excellent, well research books as well.

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@JamesDelingpole

That guy was a legend

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@byzantinepower

Biking is even better, bc most b-fields are huge. Just pretend it's a horse. Wellington's position at Waterloo doesn't seem so elevated when viewed from the south; but u ride down from, u don't need to pedal, gravity hurles u from the ridge! 1/2

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