Tom Dormer
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tom was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School and gained a Kitchener Scholarship to read geography at University College London in 1972. He was appointed as a research assistant on graduation and undertook three years' research in historical geography at UCL. Tom has pursued two separate careers, one in commerce and the other in the military serving as a platoon commander in the 1st and 2nd battalions of The Royal Anglian Regiment and, subsequently, 14 years in the TA. Tom's business life is unusual in that he has developed successfully three diverse ventures under the umbrella of The Dormer Group. These interests include licensed property valuations, stocktaking, retail audits and asset registers, and a software house designing and supplying systems for payroll and accounts. He also developed the largest natural stone supplier and installer in the UK, specialising in designing and manufacturing high–quality natural limestone floors and facades. Tom is a badged member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides who specialises on WW1 and WW2. Tom is the Finance Director of Battlefield History TV.
Filmography
2016
- Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper as Presenter
2015
- Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne as Presenter
- Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack as Presenter
- Battles of the Marne & the Aisne as Presenter
- First Ypres 1914 and the Race to the Sea as Presenter
- Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith as Presenter
2014
- Assault on Normandy: Pointe du Hoc as Presenter
- Bletchley Park and the Ultra Secret as Presenter
- Néry and the Retreat from Mons as Presenter
- Mons 1914 as Presenter
- Le Cateau as Presenter
2013
- Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches as Presenter
- Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche - The Dash for Bastogne as Himself - Presenter
- Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne as Presenter
- Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead as Presenter
2012
- SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 1 - Das Reich and Oradour as Presenter
- Assault on Normandy: Sword Beach as Presenter
- Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods as Presenter
- Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen as Presenter
- SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways as Presenter
- Salamanca as Presenter
2011
2010
- Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace as Presenter