Dr. Gavin Hughes

From Magherally, outside Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Saint David's University College, Profysgol Cymru/University of Wales, Lampeter. Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Joint Honours; Archaeology and History; Undergraduate Thesis on 'A Review and Discussion of Irish Battlefield Archaeology', Supervisor, Professor David Austin Ph.D. in History; External Examiner: Professor Keith Jeffery, M.R.I.A., Internal Examiner: Dr. Patrick Finney, Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Smith, (F.R.Hist.S.). Delivered two annual keynote lectures at the AGMs of the Military Historical Society, London; 2007,'150 Years On: the British Army on campaign, 1854-1857' (at the National Army Museum) and 2010 'Ready to Move at a Moment's Warning: the British Army in the 1798 United Irish Campaign' (at the Imperial War Museum).

  ARCHAEOLOGY IRELAND   Archaeology of medieval Britain and Ireland   BATTLEFIELD STUDIES   CONFLICT ARCHAEOLOGY   GREAT WAR WW1   MILITARY ARCHAEOLOGY   Military History

The application of Military Historical methodology and narratives with Archaeological Theory and Practice. The Roman Army during the Early Imperial Period (specifically the Agricola campaigns in Wales and Scotland). Warfare in the British Isles from late Antiquity to the high medieval (specifically the early Norse and Hastings campaigns and 1st to 3rd Crusades). Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century warfare (including practical chivalry, arms and armour). The English Civil War and Thirty Years' War. The Glorious Revolution (specifically Boyne and Aughrim campaigns). The Seven Years' War (general interest). The Napoleonic Wars (specifically 1798 Irish Rebellion and Waterloo campaign). The Crimean War (specifically the Alma and Balaklava campaigns). Victorian Campaigns in Indian and Africa (specifically the Indian Mutiny, North-West Frontier and Zulu/Boer Wars). The Great War (specifically Ulster / Irish Regiments). The Second World War (general interest).