Howard N. Cole
Howard N. Cole OBE TD F.R.Hist.S DL | |
---|---|
Second World War | |
Other work | Author and historian Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire |
Life
Cole was born in Peckham in London in 1911, the son of Howard Norman Cole, a Works Manager for Diatomite, and Mabel Alice Cole.[1]
A writer, historian and lecturer, Cole was the Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire from 1965 to 1983,[2] the Honorary Remembrancer for the Borough of Aldershot from 1963 to 1974, and Curator of the Aldershot Local History Collection.[3]
Cole first visited Aldershot in 1930 while serving in the
In 1954 Cole provided the commentary for The Military Centenary of Aldershot, part 1 & part 2, a film produced by Aldershot Borough Council celebrating the Centenary of its association with the British Army.[5]
Cole was appointed an Officer of the
'Howard N. Cole Way', a street on the site of the former South Cavalry Barracks in Aldershot, was named in his honour in 1979.[3] His collection of memorabilia and pictures of early Aldershot Military Town were donated to Aldershot Military Museum on his death in 1983.
Publications
- Coronation and Commemorative Medals 1887–1953 Gale & Polden, Aldershot (1953)
- Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1877–1977 J B Hayward & Son (1977)
- Heraldry in War: Formation Badges, 1939–1945 The Wellington Press (1946)
- Badges on Battledress: Post-War Formation Signs and Rank and Regimental Badges Gale & Polden Aldershot (1953)
- Formation Badges of World War Two: Britain, Commonwealth and Empire Arms & Armour (1985) ISBN 0-85368-078-7
- The Story of Aldershot: a History of the Civil and Military Towns Gale & Polden, Aldershot (1951)
- The Story of Catterick Camp 1915–1972 Headquarters Catterick Garrison (1972)
- Minden 1759 (Battles for Wargamers) Charles Knight, London (1972)
- NAAFI in Uniform Forces Press (1982)
- The Origins of Military Aldershot Aldershot Golden Jubilee Committee (1972)
- The Story of Bisley Gale & Polden, Aldershot (1960)
- A Surrey Village and its Church: The Story of Tongham
- On Wings of Healing: The Story of the Airborne Medical Services 1940–60 william Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh (1963)
References
- ^ Howard Norman Cole in the 1911 England Census – Ancestry.com pay to view
- London Gazette20 July 1965
- ^ a b c Cole, Howard N. The Story of Aldershot: a History of the Civil and Military Towns Gale & Polden, Aldershot (1951)
- London Gazette19 July 1935
- ^ The Military Centenary of Aldershot (1954)
- London Gazette26 June 1953
- London Gazette31 January 1974