Participant Info

First Name
Lucy
Last Name
Betteridge-Dyson
Country
United Kingdom
State
Affiliation
King’s College London
Website URL
Www.lucybetteridgedyson.com
Keywords
20th Century Military History, Equine History, First World War, Second World War, Animal History
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Media Contact
Additional Contact Information
Agent: https://www.watsonlittle.com/
PhD
MA

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About Me

Lucy Betteridge-Dyson is a military historian specialising in the First and Second World Wars, with particular expertise in animals in warfare, military logistics, and the British and imperial armies.

A Burma Star Memorial Fund scholar, she is currently completing a PhD at King’s College London examining how horses and mules shaped military operations and the development of the British and imperial armies between 1918 and 1945.

She regularly contributes to television and radio programmes and has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and PBS.

Recent Publications

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/jungle-commandos-9781472866646/

https://journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bjmh/article/download/1777/1885

https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/animals

Media Coverage
Variety of national and local Radio and TV appearances and podcasts. Please see website for further details.
Country Focus
Britain
Expertise by Geography
Asia, British Isles, Pacific, South Asia, United Kingdom
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, Modern, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Military, Public History, World War I, World War II