Other Work by Mark Simner
Magazines
Title: Heroes of the Victoria Cross: Edward Courtney Boyle
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: November 2019
Description: Illustrated article about Edward Courtney Boyle of the Royal Navy and how he got his Victoria Cross during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.
Title: Hitler’s Masters of Murder
Published By: WWII Quarterly Magazine (US)
Date: Fall 2019
Description: Illustrated article on the work of Nazi Germany’s notorious Einsatzgruppen and the mass murder of Jews and others in Eastern Europe, 1941-44.
Title: Focus On: Wellington’s Army
Published By: Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (UK)
Date: September 2019
Description: Article on Wellington’s army during the Napoleonic Wars and how to research your British Army ancestors who served during the period.
Title: The Battle of the Nile
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: September 2019
Description: Illustrated article about Nelson’s defeat of the French fleet at Aboukir Bay, Egypt in August 1798.
Title: Ancestors at Work: Military Police
Published By: Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (UK)
Date: August 2019
Description: Article on the history of Royal Military Police and advice on how to research your ancestors who served in the corps.
Title: The Battle for Normandy
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: August 2019
Description: Illustrated article about the Battle for Normandy following D-Day in 1944.
Title: Frontline: The Great Game
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: July 2019
Description: Contributed five (of eleven) pages of an illustrated article on the Great Game of the 19th Century.
Title: The Great Escape
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: April 2019
Description: Illustrated article about the true story of the mass escape of British airmen from Stalag Luft III in March 1944.
Title: Record Masterclass: Muster Rolls
Published By: Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (UK)
Date: March 2019
Description: Short article aimed at family researchers and genealogists on how to get the best out of searching British Army muster rolls.
Title: The Battle of Culloden
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: February 2019
Description: Illustrated article about the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the last major battle fought on British soil.
Title: Hell in the Harbour
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: February 2019
Description: Illustrated article about the German air raid on Bari, Italy in 1943 and the subsequent Allied cover-up.
Title: Red, White and Blue Over China
Published By: Military History Magazine (US)
Date: January 2019
Description: Illustrated article about how Commander Andrew Hull Foote of the US Navy violated his nation’s neutrality to defend the honour of the American flag during the Second Opium War.
Title: Building Burma’s Notorious “Death Railway”
Published By: WWII Quarterly Magazine (US)
Date: Fall 2018
Description: Illustrated article about the construction of the Burma Railway during World War II, and the great suffering endured by the Allied prisoners of war who were forced to build it.
Title: The Allied Invasion of Italy
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: October 2018
Description: Illustrated article about the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, including details on Operations Avalanche, Slapstick and Baytown.
Title: The Peninsular War
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: September 2018
Description: Illustrated article about Wellington’s campaigns on the Iberian Peninsula and how it established his reputation as an able military commander.
Title: The Pathan Medal
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: August 2018
Description: Illustrated article about the North West Frontier risings of 1897-98 and the India General Service Medal 1895, awarded to British and Indian troops involved in the campaign.
Title: Jihad in the Age of Victoria
Published By: Military History Magazine (US)
Date: July 2018
Description: Illustrated article about three major jihads against the British Empire during Queen Victoria’s reign, including: The Hindustani Fanatics, the Mahdists of Sudan, and the Pathan Revolt.
Title: Obituary: Wing Commander Owen Hardy DFC and Bar AFC Legion d’Honneur
Published By: LintonLink: RAF Linton-on-Ouse Magazine (UK)
Date: April 2018
Description: Feature about the extraordinary life of the late Wing Commander Owen Hardy, who served in the RNZAF and RAF during and after the Second World War.
Title: Chakdara: The Other Rorke’s Drift?
Published By: Military History Monthly Magazine (UK)
Date: April 2018
Description: Illustrated article co-authored with Patrick Mercer, which tells the remarkable true story of the siege of Chakdara during the Malakand campaign of 1897.
Title: The Empire’s Scarlet Heroes
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: March 2018
Description: Illustrated article about the experiences of the British Guards Brigade during the Crimean War, told through their own words.
Title: The Extraordinary Life of Pauline Gower
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: February 2018
Description: Illustrated article about Pauline Gower of the Air Transport Auxiliary, a female aviation pioneer who defied criticism and helped Britain win the Second World War.
Title: Heroes of the Victoria Cross: William Peel
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: January 2018
Description: Illustrated article about Sir William Peel of the Royal Navy and how he got his Victoria Cross for three acts of valour during the Crimean War.
Title: 100 Years of the RAF, 1918-2018
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: December 2017
Description: Contributed seven articles (seventeen pages) for this special edition of The Armourer Magazine. These included five short ‘RAF Heroes’ articles on Hugh Trenchard, Arthur Harris, Douglas Bader, Guy Gibson and Pauline Gower, and two ‘RAF Stations’ articles on Uxbridge and Brize Norton.
Title: The History of Port
Published By: The Country Gentlemen’s Association Magazine (UK)
Date: December 2017
Description: Illustrated article about the history of port and how it became a favourite drink of the British.
Title: Jihad in the Desert: The Sudan Medal
Published By: The Armourer Magazine (UK)
Date: September 2017
Description: Illustrated article about Kitchener’s reconquest of Sudan in 1896-1898, and the British campaign medal awarded to those who took part.
Title: Heroes of the Victoria Cross: Charles Heaphy
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: June 2017
Description: Illustrated article about Charles Heaphy of the Auckland Regiment of Militia and how he got his Victoria Cross for his part in the Action of the Mangapiko River in 1865.
Title: Frontline: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: May 2017
Description: Contributed six (of twelve) pages of an illustrated article on the Anglo-Afghan Wars of 1839-1919.
Title: Heroes of the Victoria Cross: Raymond de Montmorency
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: April 2017
Description: Illustrated article about Raymond de Montmorency of the 21st Lancers and how he got his Victoria Cross for his part in the Battle of Omdurman in 1898.
Title: Heroes of the Victoria Cross: George Findlater
Published By: History of War Magazine (UK)
Date: March 2017
Description: Illustrated article about George Findlater of the Gordon Highlanders and how he got his Victoria Cross for his part in the storming of the Dargai heights in 1897.
Web Sites
Title: The Battle for Madagascar
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: August 2019
URL (Part-One): https://ww2nation.com/the-battle-for-madagascar-part-one-by-mark-simner/
URL (Part-Two): https://ww2nation.com/the-battle-for-madagascar-part-two-by-mark-simner/
Description: Two-part article about the Allied invasion of Vichy French Madagascar in Operations Ironclad and Steam Line Jane.
Title: Through the Gates of Hell: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: March 2019
URL: https://ww2nation.com/through-the-gates-of-hell-the-liberation-of-bergen-belsen-by-mark-simner/
Description: Article about the first Allied soldiers to enter the German concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen and its subsequent liberation.
Title: Red, White and Blue Over China
Published By: Military History Magazine (US)
Date: January 2019
URL: http://www.historynet.com/red-white-blue-china.htm
Description: Illustrated article about how Commander Andrew Hull Foote of the US Navy violated his nation’s neutrality to defend the honour of the American flag during the Second Opium War. (This is the online version of the article that appeared in the January 2019 issue of Military History Magazine)
Title: The Battle of Taranto: Italy’s Pearl Harbour
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: September 2018
URL (Part-One): https://ww2nation.com/the-battle-of-taranto-italys-pearl-harbour-by-mark-simner-part-one/
URL (Part-Two): https://ww2nation.com/the-battle-of-taranto-italys-pearl-harbour-by-mark-simner-part-two/
Description: Two-part article about the Royal Navy’s audacious attack on Italy’s naval base at Taranto in 1940, which was closely examined by the Japanese during planning for their attack on Pearl Harbor the following year.
Title: HMS Queen Elizabeth, Super-Dreadnought
Published By: Historic UK
Date: September 2018
URL: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/HMS-Queen-Elizabeth/
Description: Article about HMS Queen Elizabeth, a First World War Super-Dreadnought and how the Royal Navy’s latest aircraft carrier came to be named after her.
Title: Jihad in the Age of Victoria
Published By: HistoryNet
Date: July 2018
URL: http://www.historynet.com/jihad-age-victoria.htm
Description: Article about three major jihads against the British Empire during Queen Victoria’s reign, including: The Hindustani Fanatics, the Mahdists of Sudan, and the Pathan Revolt. (This is the online version of the article that appeared in the July 2018 issue of Military History Magazine)
Title: Agent ZIGZAG: From Criminal to Double Agent; the True Wartime Adventures of Eddie Chapman
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: February 2018
URL: https://ww2nation.com/agent-zigzag-from-criminal-to-double-agent-the-true-wartime-adventures-of-eddie-chapman
Description: Article telling the true wartime story of Eddie Chapman, and how he went from petty criminal to Britain’s most successful double agent.
Title: The Death of a Prince: Louis Napoleon and the Tragedy of the Zulu War
Published By: HistoryNet
Date: October 2016
URL: http://www.historynet.com/the-death-of-a-prince-louis-napoleon-and-the-tragedy-of-the-zulu-war.htm
Description: Article about the death of Louis Napoleon, the prince imperial of France, during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Title: Ambush at Abu Sunt: The 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman
Published By: HistoryNet
Date: October 2016
URL: http://www.historynet.com/ambush-at-abu-sunt-the-21st-lancers-at-the-battle-of-omdurman.htm
Description: Article examining the charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898.
Title: Outrage at Maizar: The Great Pathan Rising Begins
Published By: HistoryNet
Date: October 2016
URL: http://www.historynet.com/outrage-at-maizar-the-great-pathan-rising-begins.htm
Description: Article examining the ambush of an Anglo-Indian force at the village of Maizar on the North West Frontier of India, and how it sparked the Pathan risings of 1897-98.
Title: Agent Garbo: The Chicken Farmer Spy
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: November 2015
URL: https://ww2nation.com/agent-garbo-the-chicken-farmer-spy-by-mark-simner
Description: Article telling the story of Agent Garbo and the highly successful British Double Cross System during the Second World War.
Title: Operation Mincemeat: The Man Who Never Was
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: September 2015
URL: https://ww2nation.com/operation-mincemeat-the-man-who-never-was-by-mark-simner
Description: Article telling the story of Operation Mincemeat, one of the most audacious and bizarre deception operations mounted by the British during the Second World War.
Title: RAF Bomber Command and the Avro Lancaster
Published By: WW2 Nation
Date: August 2016
URL: https://ww2nation.com/raf-bomber-command-and-the-avro-lancaster-by-mark-simner
Description: Article about the history of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War and the development of the Avro Lancaster.
Title: Watershed at Waterloo: How the Legendary One-Day Battle Made Modern Europe
Published By: Military History Now
Date: May 2016
URL: http://militaryhistorynow.com/2016/05/17/watershed-at-waterloo-how-the-legendary-one-day-battle-made-modern-europe/
Description: Short article about the effects the Battle of Waterloo has had on modern Europe.
Title: What Did Cambronne Say at Waterloo?
Published By: Amberley Publishing
Date: June 2015
URL: https://www.amberley-books.com/blog/2015/06/what-did-cambronne-say-at-waterloo-by-mark-simner/
Description: Short article that examines the debate around what Pierre Cambronne, colonel-major of Napoleon’s Old Guard, said at Waterloo when invited to surrender.
Title: Battle of Waterloo Quiz
Published By: History Extra (BBC History Magazine)
Date: June 2015
URL: http://www.historyextra.com/quiz/test-yourself/battle-waterloo-quiz
Description: Ten question multiple choice quiz about the Battle of Waterloo for the 200th anniversary.
Fact Checking
I acted as an article fact checker for BBC History Revealed Magazine (UK) until August 2019, having worked on every issue since January 2017.
Book Reviews
I regularly review newly published military history books for History of War Magazine and Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine.
