Tom Dormer

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.

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Tom Dormer Movies

  • 2012
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    SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways

    SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways

    1 2012 HD

    Continuing the story of 'Operation Bulbasket' the BHTV team follow the development of the attacks on the railways in order to delay the arrival of...

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  • 2013
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    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches

    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches

    1 2013 HD

    Gold Beach is the story of the highly successful assault by 50th Northumbrian Division and 231 Malta Bde on the central beach of the Allied D day...

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  • 2011
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    The Waterloo Collection: Ligny and Quatre Bras - Part 1

    The Waterloo Collection: Ligny and Quatre Bras - Part 1

    1 2011 HD

    This film gives an overview of Napoleons return to France in 1815 before covering in detail the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras. Filmed on the...

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  • 2012
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    Assault on Normandy: Sword Beach

    Assault on Normandy: Sword Beach

    1 2012 HD

    The 3rd Division was in the van of the D Day assault force. Their task was to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall on a stretch of Normandy beach...

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  • 2014
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    Mons 1914

    Mons 1914

    1 2014 HD

    On the 22nd of August 1914 the recently deployed BEF fought and delayed the German First Army of Von Kluck in around the industrial coal mining town...

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  • 2014
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    Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret

    Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret

    1 2014 HD

    This film tells the incredible story of Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret. Filmed at Bletchley in collaboration with the Bletchley Trust and with...

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  • 2014
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    Le Cateau

    Le Cateau

    1 2014 HD

    As Gen Smith-Dorrien’s II Corps retreated from Mons, along with rest of the BEF, they were closely pursued by Von Kluck’s Army. On...

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  • 2013
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    Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche - The Dash for Bastogne

    Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche - The Dash for Bastogne

    1 2013 HD

    In this programe we examine the background to the campaign with a leading American historian before following the advance of one of Hitler's most...

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  • 2015
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    First Ypres 1914 and the Race to the Sea

    First Ypres 1914 and the Race to the Sea

    1 2015 HD

    With the Battle of the Aisne grinding to a halt as trench warfare gradually set in, both the German and Allied commanders realised the dominance of...

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  • 2014
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    Assault on Normandy: Pointe du Hoc

    Assault on Normandy: Pointe du Hoc

    1 2014 HD

    This film tells the story of Col Rudder’s 2nd Ranger Bn and their heroic attack on the gun battery at Pointe du Hoc, which covered both Omaha...

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    Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne

    Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne

    1 2013 HD

    The Overlord plan called for the use of airborne troops to secure the flanks of the D Day landing and to form a buffer to keep the German...

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  • 1970
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    The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack

    The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack

    1 1970 HD

    Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras, Part II starts by focusing on the concentration of the Allies on the ridge of Mont St Jean and the plans of...

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  • 2011
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    Cavalry Charge: La Haie Sainte & Plancenoit - The French and Prussian Attacks

    Cavalry Charge: La Haie Sainte & Plancenoit - The French and Prussian Attacks

    1 2011 HD

    Following on from Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack, Part III starts just as the great battle reaches its crisis point. Marshal Ney launched thousands...

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  • 2015
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    Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack

    Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack

    1 2015 HD

    The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 21 April–25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium,...

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  • 2010
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    Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace

    Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace

    1 2010 HD

    At about 1230 on the 8th August 1944 near St Aignan in Normandy Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann the top German tank ace and Coy Comd in an SS...

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  • 2012
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    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

    1 2012 HD

    Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier...

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  • 2015
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    Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne

    Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne

    1 2015 HD

    With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse, the cross roads town of Bastogne, vital for the success of Hitler's last attempt...

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  • 1970
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    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

    1 1970 HD

    The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign,...

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  • 1970
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    Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4

    Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4

    1 1970 HD

    This final part takes us through the dramatic events when Wellington’s Anglo-Dutch Army aided by Blucher’s Prussians defeat Napoleon. The...

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  • 2014
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    Néry and the Retreat from Mons

    Néry and the Retreat from Mons

    1 2014 HD

    Following the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau the already near exhausted British Expeditionary Force, who had been marching and fighting for six days...

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  • 2015
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    Battles of the Marne & the Aisne

    Battles of the Marne & the Aisne

    1 2015 HD

    While the Allies were nearing panic as the Germans approached Paris, Marshal Foch quickly realised the German intent and that the Schlieffen plan was...

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  • 2013
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    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead

    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead

    1 2013 HD

    69 Infantry Brigade had a highly successful landing and now had to fight its way through German defences to its objectives eight miles away. It was...

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  • 2015
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    Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith

    Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith

    1 2015 HD

    The Northern most thrust into the wintery Ardennes of General Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army fell on the inexperienced 106th US Infantry Division,...

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  • 2016
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    Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper

    Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper

    1 2016 HD

    This film tells the story of one of the most contentious combats of WW2, the actions of Kamfgruppe Peiper during the Battle of the Bulge.From the...

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  • 2012
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    SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 1 - Das Reich and Oradour

    SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 1 - Das Reich and Oradour

    1 2012 HD

    In 1944 prior to D Day the allied planners realised it was vital to isolate the Normandy Battlefield from reinforcements. In particular it was...

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  • 1970
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    SAS and the Normandy Campaign: Operation Bulbasket

    SAS and the Normandy Campaign: Operation Bulbasket

    1 1970 HD

    This programme follows the deployment of the main body of the SAS, the Recces on targets, the raids carried out both by the SAS and the bombing...

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  • 2012
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    Salamanca

    Salamanca

    1 2012 HD

    On 22nd July 1812 Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army with their Spanish allies won a momentous victory over the French commanded by Marmont at...

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  • 1970
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    The Somme 1916: The Sunken Lane

    The Somme 1916: The Sunken Lane

    1 1970 HD

    On the 1st July 1916,the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, part of 29th Division were tasked with capturing part of Beaumont Hamel. The 29th Division had...

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  • 1970
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    The Battle of Naseby 1645

    The Battle of Naseby 1645

    1 1970 HD

    The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I and...

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  • 2012
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    Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen

    Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen

    1 2012 HD

    Following on from the story of Hell's Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe's largest water ways; the...

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