William Philpott

William Philpott is a professor of the history of warfare in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He previously taught at the University of North London, Bradford University, and London Guildhall University. He is secretary general of the British Commission for Military History and served on the Council of the Army Records Society from 1998 to 2009, holding the office of honorary secretary from 2000 to 2005. William is currently chair of the University of London's Military Education Committee and sits on the council of the National Army Museum. He is a specialist in the operations on the Western Front. He has published extensively on the subject and is the author of the award-winning Three Armies on the Somme, Bloody Victory, and Anglo-French Relations and Strategy on the Western Front, 1914-1918.