Gordon Corrigan, British army officer, historical writer and broadcaster, died on March 3, 2026.
He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served in the British Army’s Royal Gurkha Rifles, mainly in the Far East, reaching the rank of major. Between 1980 and 1987, he took a break from military service to join the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, where he was clerk of the course at Happy Valley Racecourse and later racing secretary.
After retiring from the army in 1998, he became a freelance writer on military history, and also presented television documentaries, made speaking appearances and conducted tours of World War I battlefields.
John Gordon Harvey Corrigan MBE, FRAS (30 June 1942 – 26 February 2026) was a British army officer and historical writer and broadcaster.