Rob Langham

An ardent enthusiast and researcher of both Great War and transport history topics, Rob Langham strives to bring the often lesser-known subjects that interest him to a wider audience, and to do so in an interesting manner. By mixing his research skills and enthusiasm for new knowledge by spending time in archives together with his love of outdoors in tracing historical locations on foot, Rob tries where possible to put his feet on the ground of the topics he is researching to get a better feel for them. This can range in extremes from the slopes of Kiretch Tepe Sirt at Gallipoli looking for artillery emplacements to walking old railway routes near his home in County Durham, England. Following the recent completion of a Masters degree in a History of Britain and the First World War at the University of Wolverhampton, Rob is looking forward to continuing his writing with numerous books planned over the coming years.

Rob has appeared on television twice relating to his research - first in 'Railways of the Great War' with Michael Portillo in 2014, discussing the role of the 17th (North Eastern Railway) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, and then in 2020 in 'Walking Britain's Lost Railways' with Rob Bell talking about the importance of railways in the North East of England in moving coal.