Christopher Andrew Joll (16 October 1948 – 18 April 2024) was a British military historian, author and military event organiser best known for managing the British Military Tournament. Joll was educated at

Trinity College, Oxford Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in E ...

and the

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academy, military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial Commissioned officer, officer train ...

, and served for seven years as an officer in The Life Guards, including four tours of duty in Northern Ireland. Joll devised and managed Royal and Military pageants for charities including the Household Cavalry Pageant; the Royal Hospital Chelsea Pageant; and the Gurkha 200 Pageant. He was the Regimental Historian of the Household Cavalry, a Trustee of the Museum Prize Trust, and a guest speaker for Viking Cruises and Noble Caledonia. His books include a fifteen volume series of historical action-adventure stories, ''The Speedicut Papers'' & ''The Speedicut Memoirs'', published by AuthorHouse, a spin-off series from

George MacDonald Fraser George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Harry Paget Flashman, Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven n ...

's Flashman Papers; ''Uniquely British: A Year in the Life of the Household Cavalry'' (2012) published by Tricorn Books; ''The Drum Horse in the Fountain & Other Tales of the Heroes & Rogues in the Guards'' (2018); and ''Spoils of War: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of the British Empire'' (2019); ''Black Ice: The Memoirs of Corie Mapp'' (2021); ''The Imperial Impresario: The Treasures, Trophies & Trivia of Napoleon's Theatre of Power'' (2021) - all published by Nine Elms Books. He was also a regular contributor to ''Britain at War'' magazine. Between 2001 and 2013 he and his partner were responsible for restoring Sham Castle, an 18th-century gothic folly in Shropshire. Joll died on 18 April 2024, at the age of 75.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joll, Christopher 1948 births 2024 deaths People educated at Oundle School English military historians British military writers 21st-century British writers Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst People from Marylebone